Government
Mar. 28, 2007
Court to Prosecutor: 9/11 Analogy Went Too Far
Web Exclusive - Chastened on appeal, a Los Angeles prosecutor says he now knows not to compare a home robbery to the 9/11 terror attacks.
By Laura Ernde
Daily Journal Staff Writer
When Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Theodore Lamb conjured up the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks during his closing arguments in a home-invasion robbery case, he didn't think it was inflammatory.
Neither did Superior Court Judge Robert O'Neill.
But the 2nd District Court of Appeal on...
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