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District Judge Sally Loehrer ruled that lawyers for Margaret Rudin, then 65 years old, were not prepared to defend her at her 2001 trial, according to lawyers on both sides of the case. She also ruled that Michael Amador, Rudin's lead attorney at the
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along with the burnt remains of an antique steamer trunk. He had been shot in the head at least four times with a .22 caliber gun. Police later searched the Rudin residence and found blood spatter in the bedroom as well as semen on the floor that had been removed from the house by authorities to
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represented by competent counsel, the jury's verdict may have been different. Thus, what we do not know is whether Rudin is lawfully imprisoned. And, regrettably, that is something we may never know.
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936:"Black Widow: The True Story of Margaret Rudin"
461:"Black Widow: The True Story of Margaret Rudin"
358:On January 25, 2012, U.S. District Court Judge
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668:State v. Rudin, 86 P.3d 572 (Nv Sup.Ct. 2004)
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