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Criminal

Dec. 22, 2011

Victims hope Marsy’s Law will yield crime details

Victims in two Orange County criminal cases have filed suits demanding copies of police reports, witness statements and other evidence, even as the cases are being investigated, demands the district attorney's office previously rebuffed.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SANTA ANA - Victims in two Orange County criminal cases have filed lawsuits demanding copies of police reports, witness statements and other evidence, even as the cases are being investigated - demands the district attorney's office previously rebuffed.


But the victims' strategies are different, with one seeking the information under California's Public Records Act and the other us...

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