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NY AG Letitia James named special prosecutor in Cornell University gang rape, will take over for local DA

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday appointed New York Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor to take over the newly reopened investigation into the alleged gang rape of a woman at a Cornell University frat house.

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