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“Toxicology reports confirmed none of the substances tested were present in the defendant’s blood at the time the test was rendered,” the San Bernardino County district attorney said in a recent statement.

“I have all grounds,” the prosecutor concluded, “to ask the court to pass an exceptional sentence on the defendant.”

Germany this time is personified by a defendant: Hermann Göring, head of the Luftwaffe and second only to the Führer in the military command.

The doctor was told that the defendant was £8,000 in debt at the time of the killings, mainly due to gambling debts, according to prosecutors.

O’Connor agreed that courts have limited ability to second-guess decisions to drop or not bring charges against defendants.