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private_ryan

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Thu Dec-04-03 04:23 PM
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Federal Prosecutor Murdered

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/04/national/main586958.shtml(CBS/AP) Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan P. Luna was brutally murdered CBS News has learned.

Luna died of multiple stab and gunshot wounds, reports CBS News Correspondent Jim Stewart. His death is being treated as a homicide.

Luna was trying a drug case in Baltimore, but failed to show up in court this morning, authorities said.

Luna's body was found in a ditch six miles northeast of Lancaster, Pa. Sources told Stewart Luna told his wife last night he was going to his office. It is unclear whether he ever arrived there.

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jiacinto

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Thu Dec-04-03 04:29 PM
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1. ugh

my heart goes out to his family this had to be a hit

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MSchreader

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Thu Dec-04-03 04:30 PM
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2. Agreed

Definitely a hit.

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Thu Dec-04-03 04:39 PM
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3. A federal prosecutor? Some sorry sonsabitches effed up, big time.

And even money says if they were stupid enough to get caught running smack out of a rap label, they weren't smart enough to pull off a hit on a goddamned U.S. Attorney.

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flamingyouth

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Thu Dec-04-03 05:26 PM
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4. Similar thing happened in Seattle not long ago

Prosecutor was killed in his home by a gunshot from somewhere outside his house. Never caught the killer(s). Tom Wales was active in the gun-control movement.

Personally, I call acts like *this* terrorism, but the media won't.

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NashVegas

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Thu Dec-04-03 06:12 PM
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5. I Hate to Stereotype But ..

Luna was trying the case of Baltimore rapper Deon Lionnel Smith, 32, and his one-time associate Walter Oriley Poindexter, 28. The two men were accused of heroin distribution and running a violent drug ring in part from their Stash House Records studio.

Was Suge anywhere around?

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CBHagman

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Thu Dec-04-03 06:20 PM
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6. How utterly horrible.

I'll have to pray for his family and friends.

There have been some horrific drug-related murders in the Baltimore area, some that would, as the poster above mentioned qualify as terrorism in my book. One of the worst was the fire-bombing of a family who had opposed drug dealers in their community. Several members of the family died in the attack.

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