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Rice: Committee to probe Jesse Friedman prosecution

Jesse Friedman, a convicted pedophile, is interviewed in

Photo credit: Newsday File / Don Jacobsen | Jesse Friedman, a convicted pedophile, is interviewed in 1987 at Elmira Correctional Facility, in Elmira, New York.

Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced Tuesday that she will form a committee to re-examine the decades-old child sexual abuse case against Jesse Friedman, after a federal appeals court decision Monday urged her to do just that.

"A prosecutor's job is not to obtain convictions, but to obtain justice," Rice said in a statement. "I cannot predict whether or not our investigation will...

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