LA Times Today: Many pushed to free ‘kind’ LAPD cop who murdered ex-boyfriend’s wife. Victim’s family fought back
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It took decades for evidence to finally reveal the person responsible for the murder of a Los Angeles nurse back in 1986. In 2004, a DNA testing breakthrough led to the murderer, former LAPD detective Stephanie Lazarus. After serving just 15 years into her life sentence, a parole panel recommended Lazarus be set free last November.
L.A. Times investigative crime writer Richard Winton explained why that’s all changed.
L.A. Times investigative crime writer Richard Winton explained why that’s all changed.