July 14, 2016

Court upholds overturning of Perez corruption conviction

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut's Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that threw out the corruption convictions of former Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez.

Prosecutors sought to reverse a 2013 Appellate Court ruling, which found the state improperly combined two cases into one trial.

Perez was mayor from 2001 ...

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