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Prosecutor wants Brothers back in jail garb
This story originally appeared December 21, 2004
The prosecutor in the quintuple-murder case against Vincent Brothers asked a Kern County judge to rescind his order allowing Brothers to wear street clothes during hearings because he allegedly waved at someone in court Monday.

Timing indeed everything for Kern lawmen
This story originally appeared December 19, 2004
I'm not sure I'd have been as gracious as Juan Olivares was Friday.

Fight over Brothers' defense stalls case
This story originally appeared December 17, 2004
An appeals court has stopped all proceedings in the case against quintuple murder suspect Vincent Brothers until it can decide if it is legal for the public defender's office to help his private attorney defend him.

Role in murder case appealed
This story originally appeared November 17, 2004
The Kern County Public Defender argued in an appeal filed Monday that his office alone should defend Vincent Brothers, the man accused of killing five family members in July 2003.

Brothers to get free legal help from Kern
This story originally appeared November 11, 2004
A judge ordered the Kern County Public Defender's office Wednesday to provide a second attorney for the defense of Vincent Brothers, the former vice principal accused of killing five family members in July 2003.

Defense in Brothers case seeks assistance
This story originally appeared November 5, 2004
The future of the prosecuting and defending attorneys remained in question Thursday in the case of Vincent Brothers, the former vice principal accused of killing five family members in July 2003.

Brothers fights to have D.A. booted
This story originally appeared November 2, 2004
The defense attorney for murder defendant Vincent Brothers is appealing a judge's decision to let the Kern County District Attorney's Office prosecute the case.

Bid to boot prosecutor rebuffed
This story originally appeared October 23, 2004
Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green will continue to prosecute the capital murder case against Vincent Brothers despite defense allegations that she tampered with the key witness in the case, a judge ruled Friday.

Healing the wounds
This story originally appeared October 18, 2004
The sons of slaying victim Earnestine Harper have returned to Bakersfield for the week to deliver messages of forgiveness and overcoming adversity.

Harper brothers to preach at Oildale church
This story originally appeared October 17, 2004
Eddie Harper and other members of the Harper family will be in town this week as part of a weeklong gospel meeting outreach at the Oildale Church of Christ.

Stop law-bashing
This story originally appeared October 14, 2004
Leave it to the defense attorneys. Instead of focusing on the real issue of Vincent Brothers' guilt or innocence, Kevin Little files a motion to dismiss Lisa Green, prosecuting attorney, from the case. Making her a witness in alleged badgering of a witness will disqualify her to prosecute the case.

Preliminary hearing in Brothers case delayed
This story originally appeared October 7, 2004
A fuming judge on Wednesday reluctantly put off the preliminary hearing in the case against Vincent Brothers, who is accused of killing five of his family members.

Lawyer: Prosecutors coerced witness
This story originally appeared October 2, 2004
Defense attorneys in the Vincent Brothers murder case want the charges dismissed because they say prosecutors badgered a critical witness to allegedly lie in front of a federal grand jury.

Deputy D.A. doesn't trust investigator
This story originally appeared October 2, 2004
A judge ruled Friday that the Bakersfield Police Department cannot continue to bar Vincent Brothers' defense investigator from viewing physical evidence in the case.

High court to keep Brothers case decision on books
This story originally appeared September 30, 2004
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a request by the California School Boards Association to de-publish a decision that made public agency employees' disciplinary records open for review.

Edited versions of Brothers' file released
This story originally appeared September 10, 2004
COLUMBUS, OHIO -- An Ohio judge is expected to decide next month whether to open sealed search warrants in Columbus that are part of the case against a former Bakersfield school vice principal charged with murdering his wife, their three children and his mother-in-law.

Letters to the editor for Aug. 8
This story originally appeared August 8, 2004
National security risk?

Sound Off for July 29
This story originally appeared July 29, 2004
Reader: I was reading Sunday's editorial and I have a question: I wonder why Mr. Brothers wasn't disciplined for the alleged incident. Why should someone be punished for something that's not proven? Because she requested it, the complaint was dropped. Nothing was proved. It turned out to be a "she said-he said." Would you care to explain the paper's reasoning? Thank you.

Hearing postponed in Brothers case
This story originally appeared July 28, 2004
Harper family slayings: The preliminary hearing for Vincent Brothers on charges of murdering five members of the Harper family last year was delayed Tuesday from Sept. 7 to Oct. 25.

Attorneys in Brothers case to seek two-month delay
This story originally appeared July 27, 2004
Attorneys will ask today for a nearly two-month delay in the preliminary hearing of Vincent Brothers, who is charged with killing five members of the Harper family.

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