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Judges and Judiciary

Dec. 5, 2006

9th Circuit Lets Wrongly Convicted Man Sue County Over Informant Policies

LOS ANGELES - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was again the bearer of good news for a wrongly convicted man when earlier this month it allowed his civil suit against Los Angeles County to proceed.

By Drew Combs
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was again the bearer of good news for a wrongly convicted man when earlier this month it allowed his civil suit against Los Angeles County to proceed.
      Nearly three years ago, the 9th Circuit affirmed a decision reversing Thomas Lee Goldstein's murder conviction and ordered him releas...

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