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Criminal

May 25, 2007

Capital-Murder Appeal Targets Romance Between Prosecutor and Witness

LOS ANGELES - A recently revealed sexual relationship between a top-ranking prosecutor and his capital-murder-case witness is at the center of a death-row inmate's appeal to avoid execution.

By Ryan Oliver
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - A recently revealed sexual relationship between a top-ranking prosecutor and his capital-murder-case witness is at the center of a death-row inmate's appeal to avoid execution.
      The relationship also is being used as ammunition by two disgruntled prosecutors in a pair of civil disputes against the Los Angeles County district attorney...

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