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Burlington Paper Surrenders Prison Letters Over Religion Case
Burlington Hawk Eye publisher John McCormally turned over letters written by three Iowa state penitentiary inmates to reporter Les Peck to Iowa Attorney General Richard Turner. The letters, written by inmates Rob Loney Warner Kelly and David Dowell of the Church of the New Song, are tied to a lawsuit seeking recognition of the church at Fort Madison. The publisher said the decision followed federal subpoenas and advised by lawyers to avoid a costly fight.
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