Law_Crime

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Defense attorney Joseph Patituce (left) and Bobby Thompson, whom authorities have identified as Harvard-trained lawyer John Donald Cody, listen during closing statements by the prosecution on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, in Cleveland. Thompson was convicted on Thursday of defrauding the United States Navy Veterans Association, a charity he ran from Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)