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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Nov. 17, 2001

Prosecutor May Be Immune for Jailing

SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County judge indicated Thursday she would probably dismiss a civil false imprisonment complaint against a former county prosecutor who allegedly had a witness jailed to coerce her husband to plead guilty to domestic violence.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN JOSE - A Santa Clara County judge indicated Thursday she would probably dismiss a civil false imprisonment complaint against a former county prosecutor who allegedly had a witness jailed to coerce her husband to plead guilty to domestic violence.
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