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Intelligencer - August 12, 2010
Posted Aug 12, 2010 -- webcomm
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Intelligencer
A decade ago, Stacey Strauss changed her story about being shot in the leg and sued the Philadelphia Police Department. Strauss is now accused in the death of an autistic man. Can her changed stories from 10 years ago be used to illustrate her character or credibility in the new case? "The fact that she lied or there is evidence of her lying in an action that is completely unrelated to the present one is irrelevant," said Edward Ohlbaum of Temple's Beasley School of Law. "The law is clear."