NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than two years ago, federal prosecutors exchanged hugs and held hands with victims’ relatives after a jury convicted five former New Orleans police officers of civil rights violations stemming from deadly shootings on a bridge after Hurricane Katrina.But a judge threw out those convictions Tuesday and ordered a new trial for the officers, concluding the case had been tainted by “grotesque prosecutorial misconduct.”
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