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State probes DA's role in Tankleff case

The State Commission of Investigation is ratcheting up a probe into whether Suffolk County authorities, including District Attorney Thomas Spota, mishandled the Martin Tankleff case, the commission's chairman said Saturday.

The commission will issue subpoenas in the next few weeks as investigators take a "broad look" at the Suffolk police investigation that led to Tankleff's 1990 conviction...

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