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Defense in Maradona death trial seeks acquittal of doctor

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A lawyer for Leopoldo Luque, a doctor charged in the 2020 death of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona, declared in closing arguments Wednesday that his client was innocent and had been made a "scapegoat.""Leopoldo Luque has been the scapegoat."

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