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Judge overseeing Maduro trial dies at 92
Hellerstein, nominated by Bill Clinton in 1998, spent nearly three decades on the New York bench; his death is expected to delay the Maduro case.
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Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAlvin Hellerstein, the federal judge who was set to oversee the criminal trial of deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, has died at ninety-two, according to a court official.
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