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COPYRIGHT 2004 Las Vegas Review-Journal
BYLINE: GLENN PUIT, REVIEW-JOURNAL
A state prison inmate has told federal authorities that Sandy Murphy and Rick Tabish did not kill Ted Binion, according to a letter written by a federal prosecutor in Los Angeles.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark A. Young sent the letter to Murphy and Tabish's defense attorneys in January. The Review-Journal obtained the document Thursday.
In the letter, Young said federal authorities have interviewed Nevada prison inmate Avery A. Church, 27, about Binion's death. Church told investigators he knows Murphy and Tabish were not involved in Binion's demise, Young said.
"During the course of an unrelated investigation, the United States has learned of potentially exculpatory information relating to your clients and their alleged role in the murder of Ted Binion," Young wrote in the letter.
"Specifically, the government has learned that an individual, Avery Church, has previously stated that he had personal knowledge that your clients did not participate in the murder of Mr. Binion," Young wrote. "Mr. Church also may have tape-recorded statements that might exculpate your clients. The government has never received a copy of these tapes or reviewed them."
The federal prosecutor offered no additional details about the specifics...
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