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Law Practice

Dec. 19, 2008

Prosecutor's Statements on Trial

Columnist Martin Berg wonders if a high-profile veteran sex crimes prosecutor committed a harmless slip of the tongue in closing argument, or did she intentionally lie to win a conviction in a case she saw slipping away?

Did a high-profile veteran sex crimes prosecutor commit a harmless slip of the tongue in closing argument, or did she intentionally lie to win a conviction in a case she saw slipping away?

That was the burning question in a 15th floor courtroom in the Clara Foltz Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles last week.

The defense, trial lawyer Bob Schwartz and appellate attorney Tara Selver, had already gotten their client's sex crimes conviction overturned. They had won ...

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