Episode 79 - Law and Order – featuring attorney Tim Bussey and founder of the NCAVA, Kathy Redmond

<p>Rundown - </p> <p> </p> <p>Tim Bussey in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 04:45</p> <p> </p> <p>Kathy Redmond - 40:51</p> <p> </p> <p>Troubadour Dave Gunders - 02:21:56</p> <p> </p> <p>"This American Dream" by Dave Gunders - 02:27:02</p> <p> </p> <p>Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge welcomes attorney Tim Bussey, fresh off his victory in the Colorado Supreme Court, which affirmed immunity for his client Patrick Rau who warned, and then shot to death, a disturbed homeless man who’d invaded the basement of his Colorado Springs’ multi-unit house.</p> <p> </p> <p>The case came to the Supreme Court after the Fourth Judicial District Attorney's office made the claim that the basement in the subdivided house Rau rented an apartment in did not fall under the “dwelling” provision in Colorado's “Make My Day” law. <a href='https://law.justia.com/cases/colorado/supreme-court/2022/20sc583.html'>https://law.justia.com/cases/colorado/supreme-court/2022/20sc583.html</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Before shooting, Rau warned he’d count to five before firing. Rau was true to his word and fired the killing shot into the intruder’s torso. A homeowner in Colorado has powerful rights to use violence, but only under some proscribed circumstances. Tim Bussey explains how he prevailed in the trial court and at the Colorado Supreme Court.</p> <p> </p> <p>Back in the fall of 1991, Kathy Redmond was a bright-eyed freshman from Colorado’s Columbine High who went to the University of Nebraska where she was promptly raped by a star football player. Cover-ups by higher ups followed including actions by legendary Coach Tom Osbourne.</p> <p> </p> <p>This outspoken guest has interacted with big-time sports including the New England Patriots where Kathy Redmond’s been a consultant for the Kraft family. She describes what happened when her rapist got drafted, and then let go by the Patriots, and older and newer problems experienced by former Patriot, Antonio Brown.</p> <p> </p> <p>Redmond movingly describes her own ordeal and the legal battles which follo