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Feb. 10, 2010

Thomas Rubinson

As a prosecutor, Thomas Rubinson followed a hunch that a man he had prosecuted was wrongly dealt a life sentence then he fixed it.

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Los Angeles County (Van Nuys)
Los Angeles County Superior Court

By Pat Alston

Daily Journal Staff Writer

VAN NUYS - Armed gang members from Boyle Heights staked out a major intersection late one night, robbing terrified motorists who drove by. When one driver tried to run through the barricade, someone shot him in the back of the head.

Prosecutors charged five suspects with the crimes.

At trial, jurors could not reach unanimous verdicts for three of the defendants but convicted two of the men, finding one of ... (continued)

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