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California District Attorney Sued by Former Colleague

Loaded on May 15, 2013 published in Prison Legal News May, 2013, page 41
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct. Location: California.
On February 29, 2012, former Contra Costa County prosecutor Paul Sequeira filed a lawsuit in superior court seeking damages from Senior Deputy District Attorney Harold W. Jewett, whom he accused of assault and battery. Two years earlier, the two men (both in their fifties) had argued; the argument escalated until …

 

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