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THE WEEKSOCIETY, Page 23Serving Justice a Blow
Who leaked the prosecutors' battle plan for the trial of the
L.A. cops?
Appealing for calm during last May's Los Angeles riots,
President Bush promised that "justice will be served" in the
cases of four L.A. policemen acquitted of most charges in the
beating of Rodney King. Subsequently the Justice Department
filed federal civil rights charges against the L.A. cops.
Now Justice officials admit their case has been dealt a
serious blow, possibly by someone in their own ranks. A document
laying out the prosecution's strategy -- including a discussion
of weaknesses in the government case -- was sent to a defense
lawyer.
The disclosure may have been an accident, but Justice has
launched a criminal inquiry. Prosecutors insist their cause is
not lost and continue to prepare for the trial, set for February
1993.