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   From: senator_reid@reid.senate.gov   
      
   RENO, Nev. –  A judge in a Nevada murder case has slashed bail   
   from $2 million to $150,000 for a 73-year-old man who shot and   
   killed one unarmed trespasser and seriously wounded another at a   
   home he owns in Sparks.   
      
   Washoe District Judge Patrick Flanagan ruled Wednesday that   
   Wayne Burgarello's failing health and lifelong ties to the   
   community make it unlikely he'll skip out on his Sept. 3   
   arraignment.   
      
   The judge agreed with the former teacher's lawyer, who said the   
   previous amount was unconstitutionally excessive.   
      
   Burgarello has been in jail since his May arrest for killing 34-   
   year-old Cody Devine and wounding a woman he found inside the   
   vacant home in February.   
      
   Prosecutors say it was an unprovoked attack, but Burgarello says   
   it was self-defense in a case that has brought attention to   
   Nevada's "stand your ground law."   
      
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   information. AP's earlier story is below.   
      
   A new lawyer for a 73-year-old Sparks man accused of murder in   
   the fatal shooting of an unarmed trespasser is arguing for a   
   dramatic reduction in his $2 million bail.   
      
   Wayne Burgarello has been in jail since his arrest in May for   
   killing 34-year-old Cody Devine and seriously wounding a woman   
   he found inside a vacant home he owns in Sparks on Feb. 13.   
      
   Defense attorney Theresa Ristenpart said in a motion filed   
   before Wednesday's scheduled bail hearing that the elderly man   
   in failing health poses no flight risk. She says the ex-school   
   teacher has a legitimate claim to self-defense because he   
   thought Devine was pointing a gun at him.   
      
   Prosecutors say it was an unprovoked attack in a case that has   
   brought attention to Nevada's "stand your ground law."   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/08/20/judge-reduces-2-million-   
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