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Criminal

Mar. 18, 2008

DA Is Recused in Wrongful Conviction Case

Fearing the spectacle of District Attorney Steve Cooley being cross-examined on the stand by one of his own deputies, a judge on Friday tentatively recused Cooley's office from prosecuting the appeal of an inmate who claims she was wrongly convicted of murder in 1983.

By Ryan Oliver
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 4.

      LOS ANGELES - Fearing the spectacle of District Attorney Steve Cooley being cross-examined on the stand by one of his own deputies, a judge on Friday tentatively recused Cooley's office from prosecuting the appeal of an inmate who claims she was wrongly convicted of murder in 1983.
      Attorneys for Deborah Peagler,...

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