Criminal Justice Reporter, Newsday
Legal affairs and criminal justice reporter for Newsday in New York
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Officers Acquitted in Sean Bell's Death In New York City this morning, three detectives were found not guilty on all charges in the shooting death of an unarmed man who was killed just hours before his wedding. The verdict was delivered to a packed courtroom in Queens. Tony Destefano, legal affairs and criminal justice reporter for Newsday , was in the courtroom.
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