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New Orleans Elects Ex-Convict Calvin Duncan as Criminal Court Clerk
news.movim.eu / TheNewYorkTimes • 16 November
Mr. Duncan was elected clerk of the criminal court in New Orleans on Saturday, ousting an incumbent who claimed Mr. Duncan had never been cleared of the murder that sent him to prison.
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