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Cuomo taking Tankleff case has plenty of precedents

It happened upstate in the racially charged Tawana Brawley case, when civil rights advocates questioned the objectivity of the local district attorney to investigate rape charges.

It happened when the Bronx District attorney said his personal feelings about capital punishment made him uneasy about seeking a death sentence for an accused cop killer.

And it happened in North Carolina...

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