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Criminal

May 29, 2004

Lazarenko Jury Left With Jurisdiction Question

SAN FRANCISCO - Closing the two-month conspiracy and money laundering trial of former Ukrainian prime minister Pavlo Lazarenko on Thursday, a defense attorney asked jurors "why are we, in the U.S., trying a public official of the Ukraine ... how is it connected to the U.S?"

By Pamela A. MacLean
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - Closing the two-month conspiracy and money laundering trial of former Ukrainian prime minister Pavlo Lazarenko on Thursday, a defense attorney asked jurors "why are we, in the U.S., trying a public official of the Ukraine ... how is it connected to the U.S?"
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