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Criminal

Jan. 26, 2001

Defense Took Chance With Its Strategy for Furrow Plea

LOS ANGELES - Last August, a year after white supremacist Buford O. Furrow Jr. went on a shooting rampage that left a Filipino-American letter carrier dead and five people at a Jewish community center wounded, defense lawyers laid out for prosecutors their client's extensive mental health history, which spans a decade.

By David Houston
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - Last August, a year after white supremacist Buford O. Furrow Jr. went on a shooting rampage that left a Filipino-American letter carrier dead and five people at a Jewish community center wounded, defense lawyers laid out for prosecutors their client's extensi...

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