![Santa Barbara County district attorney Tom Sneddon arrives at the Santa Maria courthouse Thursday, Aug. 19, 2004, in Santa Maria, Calif., for a pretrial hearing in the Michael Jackson child molestation case. ( Santa Barbara County district attorney Tom Sneddon arrives at the Santa Maria courthouse Thursday, Aug. 19, 2004, in Santa Maria, Calif., for a pretrial hearing in the Michael Jackson child molestation case. (](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2PER4TD/santa-barbara-county-district-attorney-tom-sneddon-arrives-at-the-santa-maria-courthouse-thursday-aug-19-2004-in-santa-maria-calif-for-a-pretrial-hearing-in-the-michael-jackson-child-molestation-case-ap-photophil-klein-pool-2PER4TD.jpg)
Santa Barbara County district attorney Tom Sneddon arrives at the Santa Maria courthouse Thursday, Aug. 19, 2004, in Santa Maria, Calif., for a pretrial hearing in the Michael Jackson child molestation case. (
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Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon arrives at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse in Santa Maria, Calif., on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 . (AP Photo/Joshua Gates Weisberg,pool Stock Photo - Alamy
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Salazar on X: "/THREAD/ Through the years, DA Tom Sneddon (and his staff) was accused of several crimes, such as malicious prosecution, conspiracy, abuse of power and civil rights violations. These are
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