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| Killer Adds Drama To Another Murder Trial |
| By thenewstribune.com |
| Published: 12/03/2010 |
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SPOKANE -- A convicted killer whose life was spared earlier when he agreed to testify against his cousin instead opted to "plead the Fifth" rather than talk about the night 23 years ago when six men were gunned down in a Pasco garage. Pedro Mendez-Reyna asserted his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself 29 times before the jury Thursday, and was found in contempt of court for ignoring orders to testify. It was only the second time in at least 17 years that he's seen Vicente Ruiz, who's accused of helping him with the killings. Judge Cameron Mitchell told Mendez-Reyna that he no longer had protections against self-incrimination because he had pleaded guilty to his own involvement in the slayings, has exhausted his appeal rights and did not face potential jeopardy in testifying against Ruiz. Read More. |
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