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Juan Manual Alvarez
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Juan Manual Alvarez
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Juan Manual Alvarez
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Juan Manual Alvarez
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Juan Manual Alvarez enters the courtroom, where Los Angeles
County Superior Court Judge William
R. Pounders tells him, "If there
were a sentence 'forever,' I would certainly give it to you."
(Annie
Wells / Los Angeles Times / August
20, 2008)
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Juan Manual Alvarez
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Juan Manual Alvarez
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Juan Manual Alvarez
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Juan Manual Alvarez
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Juan Manuel Alvarez, 29, yawns after his conviction on 11 counts of
first-degree murder
are read in court.
He was convicted of
causing a 2005 Metrolink rail disaster that
turned two commuter
trains into a
tangled mass of smoking wreckage littered
with
victims.
(Bob Chamberlain / Los Angeles Times)
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