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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.

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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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