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Criminal

Mar. 22, 2016

Riverside judge dismisses rare murder charges against detox center

A Riverside judge dismissed key parts of the Attorney General's rare second-degree murder case against a detox center Friday.

By Amanda Schallert
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A Riverside judge dismissed the California Attorney General's rare second-degree murder charges against a for-profit detox center on Friday, paring down a negligent care indictment that some attorneys saw as overreaching.

While the charges of dependent adult abuse and criminal negligence remain against A Better Tomorrow Treatment Center in Murrieta and several of its staff, some attorneys s...

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