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Experts: Lacey evidence ruling may hamper prosecution
Quick ReadThe judge decided to ban a detective from testifying that Lacey confessed, legal experts said.
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Caleb Lacey, 19, is taken to his arraignment, at which he will be formally charged with setting a fire that killed four people in North Lawrence, police said. (March 21, 2009)
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The road to a conviction of Caleb Lacey for the Lawrence arson fire that killed four people became significantly bumpier Tuesday with a judge's decision to ban a detective from testifying that Lacey confessed, legal experts said Tuesday.
Nassau County Court Judge Jerald Carter's decision found that Det. Carl Re could not testify about the statements Lacey made because, a videotape showed,...
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