High court won’t block Va. capital murder retrial

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will not block Virginia from retrying an accused drug dealer, whose earlier capital murder conviction was set aside because of misconduct by prosecutors.

The justices on Monday rejected an appeal by Justin Wolfe, who said the prosecutors’ misdeeds were so serious that they precluded a fair second trial.

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