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PUBLISHED 6/26/08 ----- OK, Bruce Sons, can we please move on?     Now that the Second District Court of Appeal has refused to erase your 2006 conviction for voluntary manslaughter in the 1994 shooting death of a California Highway Patrol officer — a conviction you ought to view as a godsend, in view of the first-degree murder verdict you might have gotten — will you please focus your attention elsewhere? Yes, there were complications in the original trial that delayed justice — complications that included the withholding of key evidence by the prosecution. That first guilty verdict was overturned, resulting in second, third and fourth trials. But, viewed even in the most generous of lights, your behavior that day was irresponsible and reprehensible. Whether Officer Richard Maxwell was overly aggressive (as the defense alleged) or not, your behavior clearly escalated the situation. The Court of Appeal is correct in ruling that this effort...
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