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Federal prosecutor hired for Baton Rouge corruption cases

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office has a hired John Luke Walker, a former federal prosecutor out of the U.S. Attorney’s office in Lafayette to lead the state’s cases against LaMont Cole, Cleve Dunn Jr. and other Baton Rouge officials.

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