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Defense Attorney Says Arizona Man Charged With Killing Illegal Alien a Target of ‘Politicized’ Prosecution

Defense Attorney Says Arizona Man Charged With Killing Illegal Alien a Target of ‘Politicized’ Prosecution
George Alan Kelly enters court for his preliminary hearing in Nogales Justice Court in Nogales, Ariz., on Feb. 22, 2023. Mark Henle/Pool/The Arizona Republic via AP
Allan Stein
Allan Stein
2/23/2023|Updated: 2/24/2023
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NOGALES, Ariz.—The public defender representing an elderly Arizona man accused of shooting and killing an illegal alien trespassing on his borderland property in January said the case has become “highly politicized” in the weeks following his arrest.

“This essentially lit a match over an incredibly intense political power keg and, predictably, there was an explosion,” said defense attorney Brenna Larkin at a bail reduction hearing for her client, George Alan Kelly, in Nogales, Arizona, on Feb. 22.

Allan Stein
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Allan Stein is a national reporter for The Epoch Times based in Arizona.
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