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 NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The family of a teacher slain nearly 11 years ago and prosecutors asked a judge Monday to keep her secretly recorded pleas for her life from being played aloud during the trial of her accused killer.
A judge has ruled the jury could hear the tape, despite attempts by the defense and the victim's husband to suppress it. Judge James N. Citta will hear the new arguments Tuesday in an Ocean County courtroom.
Michael LaSane, 27, had pleaded guilty to murder in 1997, but the plea was overturned eight years later after it was revealed that his public defender had a sexual encounter with the suspect's mother.
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