Mistrial in Cal State Slaying
An Orange County Superior Court jury deadlocked today in the trial of Minh Van Lam, the 21-year-old Vietnamese refugee accused of murdering his former Cal State Fullerton professor, Edward Lee Cooperman.
It could not be learned immediately whether Lam, a Westminster resident who fled Vietnam in 1978, will face retrial. The trial gained international attention because Cooperman was widely known for his involvement in programs providing aid to postwar Vietnam.
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