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Criminal

Jul. 30, 2004

Prosecutor Says He Kept Jews Off the Jury on Judge's Advice

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court ordered an inquiry Wednesday into a former Alameda County prosecutor's confession that he excluded Jews from sitting on a 1987 capital murder jury on the advice of the trial judge.

By Peter Blumberg
Daily Journal Staff Journal
        SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court ordered an inquiry Wednesday into a former Alameda County prosecutor's confession that he excluded Jews from sitting on a 1987 capital murder jury on the advice of the trial judge.
        In a declaration filed...

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