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| MICHAEL GEORGE |
IT IS a circumstantial that would have even Spider-Man tangled up in knots. A jury in suburban Detroit now has to decide whether aspiring comic book impresario Michael George murdered his overweight wife Barbara in the back of their comic on July 13, 1990. His mom Janet is providing alibi but that doesn't matter much, our moms would too. Her story is contradicted by Michael Renaud, a regular of the family comic store. The comic fan says Michael picked up the phone at the store just before the murder. On Thursday, the closing arguments took three hours.George was convicted at his first trial in 2008. A judge granted a new trial the same year, citing prosecutorial misconduct and potential
