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February 02, 2010 | Law.com

Attorney J. Mark Shelnutt -- acquitted of money-laundering and drug conspiracy charges based on his acceptance of legal fees prosecutors claimed were derived from the illegal drug sales of his clients -- tells the Fulton County Daily Report he is still baffled by the tactics federal prosecutors used in an effort to send him to prison. Foremost among those tactics: their willingness to offer key players in the drug-trafficking ring sweetheart deals or set them free if they would testify against Shelnutt.

By R. Robin McDonald

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