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Law Practice

May 22, 2009

Wrongly Convicted Man Gets Grand Jury Probe Summaries

Attorneys representing an ex-Marine who served 24 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit want to use the grand jury's findings in a civil rights lawsuit pending against Los Angeles County, the city of Long Beach and four police detectives.

By Ciaran McEvoy
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Attorneys representing an ex-Marine who served 24 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit have begun receiving summaries of grand jury investigation transcripts for his civil rights lawsuit, according to court records.

The documents, which include witness lists and exhibit lists from a 1989-1990 grand jury investigating misuse of jailhouse informants, were turned over to lawyers repre...

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