Adamiak Has Been Locked Up for Four Years, and It Could Have Been Any of Us

Adamiak Has Been Locked Up for Four Years, and It Could Have Been Any of Us

The wrongful conviction of Patrick Adamiak highlights flaws in the justice system and risks for all of us.

It’s Been Four Long Years Since ATF Arrested Patrick ‘Tate’ Adamiak

Patrick “Tate” Adamiak was an active duty Navy E-6 with no criminal record until he was arrested by the ATF. (Photo courtesy Adamiak family). By Lee Williams SAF Investigative Journalism Project Dave Adamiak got a call four years ago from an active-duty Navy Chief Petty Officer, or CPO, who knew his son, Patrick “Tate” Adamiak. Unfortunately, he cannot ever forget the horror of that call. He was told that more than 40 law enforcement officers, m…