Criminal
Jul. 31, 2020
Conviction is reversed in DEA agent’s torture and killing
U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt ruled Wednesday that federal trial prosecutors relied on false and misleading testimony from a now-discredited FBI forensics expert that was material to the conviction.
A federal judge in Los Angeles vacated the life sentence and conviction of a man found guilty of aiding in the kidnap, torture and murder an American anti-drug agent who was killed by a Mexican drug cartel.
U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt ruled Wednesday that federal prosecutors relied on false and misleading testimony from a now-discredited FBI forensics expert...
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