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Judge tosses videotaped confession in murder case

Caleb Lacey, 19, accused of intentionally setting an

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Caleb Lacey, 19, accused of intentionally setting an apartment fire that killed four people in Lawrence, arrives at the Nassau County Courthouse. (Sept. 29, 2009)

A Nassau judge has thrown out a key piece of evidence in the case against murder suspect Caleb Lacey: A videotape that prosecutors say shows him confessing to setting the fire that killed four of his neighbors.

The video is the first one taken by police as part of a new department rule requiring them to film all interrogations in homicide and serious robbery cases.

Nassau County Court...

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