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How Did Michael Ross Become 'The Roadside Strangler'?

So, who is this Roadside Strangler? Or, as U.S. District Judge Robert Chatigny might be asking, how did he hijack my confirmation hearing? When Chatigny, nominated by President Barack Obama to the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, faced his Republican inquisitors in the U.S. Senate late last month, the first question of substance concerned the case of "The Roadside Strangler." The run-up to the confirmation hearing before the judiciary committee was full of The Strangler. More Strangler coverage followed the hearing, a contentious grilling by Republicans who implied that judicial coddling by Chatigny preserved The Strangler from execution, if only briefly. "Obama Court...