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The passage of time is never good for a prosecution, which proved true Monday in the case of an Augusta man accused of trying to sodomize a 9-year-old girl. Robert Lee Merriweather, 64, has been in custody for nearly five years, since a girl he baby-sat made the accusation to her mother in November 2010. Merriweather’s case passed through different prosecutors and defense attorneys since a Richmond Coun­ty grand jury indicted him on a charge of aggravated sodomy. read more

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