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Judge Won’t Allow Groene-McKenzie Photos

When federal prosecutors tried to show jurors photos of the bloody bodies found in the Groene family home in court this morning, Judge Edward Lodge stopped the proceedings and sent the jury out of the room. “This is not the counts we’re dealing with, the death of D.G.,” the judge told the prosecutors. An appeals court likely would find the graphic photos “unduly prejudicial” if they’re shown to the jury, he said/Betsy Russell, Duncan: Inside The Courtroom. More here.

Related: Duncan studied Spokane school/AP
*Idaho killer's jury sees tortured kids' letters/AP

Question: Right call?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.