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Law Practice

Mar. 3, 2009

Obama Reverses Bush Death Penalty Strategy in S.F. Case

President Barack Obama's Department of Justice has reversed the Bush Administration's legal strategy in a federal death penalty case involving an alleged San Francisco gang member charged with triple homicide.

By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - President Barack Obama's Department of Justice has reversed the Bush Administration's legal strategy in a federal death penalty case involving an alleged San Francisco gang member charged with triple homicide.

Local prosecutors and defense attorneys were notified Friday that Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has approved their plea agreement for a 41-year prison sentence for alleged gan...

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