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Dallas City Hall Corruption Trial: A Photo Retrospective

October 16, 2009 11:06AM

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The three-month-long trial of former Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill and four others is examined in this week�s cover story by Sam Merten, along with an accompanying piece by columnist Jim Schutze. A jury on October 5 found the five co-defendants guilty of 23 of the 29 counts against them in a bribery and extortion scheme involving two affordable-housing developers, one of which was an FBI informant. Photos by Sam Merten.

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