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“Somebody had to keep this crime from being reported. Otherwise, Mark Hebert’s life is over. He’s got a good job, he’s got a family, and you really replica handbags china don’t want to be a police officer in prison,” Parker argued.
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Milazzo said she would rule Tuesday on whether Hebert caused Bloch’s death, which could mean a life prison sentence or whether she will Replica Bags Wholesale hand him a sentence only for the seven counts to which he pleaded guilty in November related to the fraudulent charges on Bloch’s account.
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Ehle tried to poke holes in a prosecution theory that Bloch was killed late on Oct. 1, possibly during a six hour gap in cellphone and toll tag activity for Hebert.
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