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FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2017, file photo Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota leaves the courthouse in Central Islip, N.Y. The former prosecutor was convicted Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, on charges he helped cover for a former protege who, as police chief, punched a handcuffed man suspected of stealing embarrassing items from his police department SUV, including sex toys and pornography. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Powerful ex-prosecutor convicted in police beating cover-up

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FILE - This Oct. 25, 2017 file photo shows then - Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota, right, and his attorney Alan Vinegrad leaving the courthouse in Central Islip, N.Y. Spota is accused of conspiring with the police chief and a top deputy in the DA's office to pressure witnesses to not cooperate with an FBI investigation into a 2012 assault.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

US: Detective broke ranks, helped expose brutality cover up

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FILE - This Oct. 25, 2017 file photo shows then - Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota, right, and his attorney Alan Vinegrad leaving the courthouse in Central Islip, N.Y. Spota is accused of conspiring with the police chief and a top deputy in the DA's office to pressure witnesses to not cooperate with an FBI investigation into a 2012 assault.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Powerful ex-prosecutor on trial for police beating cover-up

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota leaves the courthouse in Central Islip, N.Y., Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. The district attorney in eastern Long Island and a top aide were charged Wednesday with intimidating witnesses in a federal civil rights investigation into the beating of a handcuffed prisoner by a police chief. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Under pressure, indicted prosecutor says he plans to retire

By FRANK ELTMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2011 file photo, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota, center, leaves Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y. Federal authorities say Spota has been indicted in connection with a cover-up in a 2012 police assault case. (AP Photo/John Dunn, File)

Prosecutor indicted in 2012 police brutality cover-up

By FRANK ELTMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2011 file photo, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota, center, leaves Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, N.Y. Federal authorities say Spota has been indicted in connection with a cover-up in a 2012 police assault case. (AP Photo/John Dunn, File)

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