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Criminal

Sep. 17, 2004

Panel Recommends Special Unit to Protect Inmates Who Testify

LOS ANGELES - A blue-ribbon panel hand-picked by District Attorney Steve Cooley to look into the recent spate of jailhouse murders recommended Wednesday that Sheriff Lee Baca form a witness-protection unit and begin housing inmates who testify in trials at separate facilities.

By Leslie Simmons
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - A blue-ribbon panel hand-picked by District Attorney Steve Cooley to look into the recent spate of jailhouse murders recommended...

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