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Deek wants new lawyers on eve of second trial

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Tom Michaels - Internet News Director
@ February 8, 2010 4:05 PM Permalink | Comments (1)

GREENE COUNTY, Ohio -- A Greene County mom getting a second trial in connection with the death of her two-year-old daughter wants new lawyers, according to the Dayton Daily News.

The retrial of Malak Deek is supposed to begin tomorrow. The first ended in a mistrial.

The attorneys representing Deek filed a motion to withdraw from the case today

Attorneys James Armstrong and Arthur Ames said Deek was ending their representation.

Deek's daughter, Juliana Berry, was beaten to death by Deek's boyfriend, Brian LaPrairie, who is serving a 23 year sentence.

Prosecutors said Deek did nothing to stop LaPrairie's abuse of her daughter. She faces charges of child endangering and involuntary manslaughter.

The lawyer from her first trial is out of the country and unavailable.Armstrong and Ames had been appointed by the court.

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  • Justice for Julianna Berry demands
    that both Brian LaPrairie and Malak Deek serve some serious time in prison. I am absolutely certain that by the end of March Malak Deek will be in prison. She is not gonna get a hung jury this time. Malak lies are coming back to haunt her.
    By Sam Bowers @ 02/08/10 07:17:03 PMreport abuse
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