The informants "are scary guys," said a defense lawyer. "If they put (them) in a jail cell with you, they could get you and I to admit to killing Lincoln."
DA Todd Spitzer had tried to drop the case, which was brought by his predecessor, former DA Tony Rackauckas. There was insufficient evidence for a jury to convict the couple, Spitzer said.
A Seal Beach murder case in which the defendant is alleging that his constitutional rights were violated has been reassigned to a judge in San Diego County.
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