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A Thumb on the Scales

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Published on February 08, 2007

Chambers argues that her intervention wasn't the reason the case against Barrentine got dismissed -- that Steiner was obliged to withdraw such a flimsy case anyway. Steiner says he was quite willing to drop it after he learned that Barrentine was a victim of identity theft; still, there's no doubt in his mind that the message Chambers left him provided more than a nudge.