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Lawyer accuses Worcester DA of incompetence in murder case

COURTROOM DIFFERENCES A jury acquitted Lee F. Chiero (left) of the stabbing death of his mother. District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr., who had sought first-degree murder charges, said, 'My decision was based on the purposefulness of his actions.' COURTROOM DIFFERENCES
A jury acquitted Lee F. Chiero (left) of the stabbing death of his mother. District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr., who had sought first-degree murder charges, said, "My decision was based on the purposefulness of his actions."
By Jonathan Saltzman
Globe Staff / March 30, 2009

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The day after a jury found an Uxbridge man not guilty by reason of insanity in the slaying of his mother, his lawyer accused Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. of incompetence for insisting that Lee F. Chiero be tried for first-degree murder despite the opinions of three mental health experts that he was mentally ill. (Full article: 714 words)

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