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This undated file photo provided by the Rhode Island Department of Corrections shows inmate Jason Pleau, charged in the fatal shooting of a man outside a bank in Woonsocket, R.I., in September 2010.
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Bank shooting suspect gets new lawyer
Jeffrey Fisher to defend Jason Pleau
Updated: Saturday, 07 Jul 2012, 8:46 AM EDT
Published : Friday, 06 Jul 2012, 10:53 PM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- The bank shooting suspect at the center of a custody battle between Gov. Lincoln Chafee and federal prosecutors will have a new lawyer.
Eyewitness News has learned Jeffrey Fisher will defend Jason Pleau if and when the case goes before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Pleau is accused of shooting and killing David Main outside of a Woonsocket bank in 2010. Federal prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against him.
Gov. Chafee plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to keep Pleau in state custody. because of his opposition to the death penalty.
Fisher is a Stanford Law School professor, and has a history of getting death penalty sentences overturned.
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