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Allegheny County D.A. will retry arson case from 1995 when 3 firefighters were killed

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The announcement by the D.A.' s office followed a decision by the state Supreme Court, which said today that will not hear an appeal on the case of Gregory Brown, 38. That decision meant that the D.A.' s office must either retry the case or allow Mr. Brown to go free. Mr. Brown was found guilty of three counts of second-degree murder for the 1995 Valentine's Day fire in the…

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