The jury was also shown a letter written by Ms Lagwinowicz purporting to be from a "hit man" hired to kill Miss Wells-Burr.

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The harshest finding was that she had hired a hit man to kill her husband while she was away on vacation.

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Why would you -- why would you, when lobbyists are being hired hand over fist to kill financial reform, why do you seem to side with high-priced lobbyists instead of putting strong rules in place to prevent what happened before?

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