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SLIDESHOW: Transcripts from Clarence Spivey's trial

‘The truth has to come out’
By PHOENIX STAFF  |  May 9, 2012

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THE TRIAL TRANSCRIPT: Spivey’s account of how the police arrested him was at odds with the official version; the pants he was wearing figured prominently in the trial.

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