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Former Saul Ewing Partner Accused of Murdering Mistress Loses Bid for New Trial
Thomas Capano, once a wealthy and politically connected attorney and partner in the Wilmington, Del., office of Saul Ewing, has lost his bid for a new trial on charges of murdering his mistress in 1996 now that a federal judge has rejected his argument that the jury should have had the option of convicting him on a lesser charge such as manslaughter or second-degree murder. With no gun, no body and no eyewitness, prosecutors based their case against Capano on circumstantial evidence.