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Two Cops Get Long Sentences in Katrina Killing

David Warren gets 25 years, Gregory McRae 17 in death of Henry Glover

By the Associated Press

Posted Mar 31, 2011 10:11 AM CDT | Updated Mar 31, 2011 4:10 PM CDT

(AP) – Calling the crimes inexcusable and barbaric, a judge sentenced two former New Orleans police officers to prison today for their roles in the shooting death of an unarmed man whose body was later set on fire in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The judge... Read full story »

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