USC School of Law
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law at USC Law School; former state and federal prosecutor for 20 years
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Rebecca Lonergan
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FROM Rebecca Lonergan
Which Way, L.A.?
The LAPD and the Dodger Stadium Beating Case Giants fan Bryan Stow, brutally beaten in the Dodgers Stadium parking lot following an Opening Day game in late March, remains in serious condition in a San Francisco hospital. Giovanni Ramirez, charged soon after the crime, was exonerated in the case last Friday when new suspects were arrested. Eye witnesses had wrongly identified Ramirez. How could this happen and how often are such mistakes made?
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