November 30, 2007
High-profile ex-officials to prosecute agent

The Washington Times

County prosecutors in Arizona have hired the state's former attorney general, a former assistant U.S. attorney and a retired Phoenix police detective to build a case against a U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of fatally shooting an illegal alien.

Former Attorney General Grant Woods, ex-federal prosecutor Tyrone Mitchell and former Detective Lee Rappleyea, who also spent a dozen years as chief investigator for the state attorney general's office, were hired by Cochise County Attorney Ed Rheinheimer to prosecute Border Patrol agent Nicholas Corbett.

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Posted by Richard at November 30, 2007
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