Subject:

Thomas LaFreniere

  • News

    July 22, 1998

    The Housing Authority's Dirty Dozen

    Twelve convicted drug dealers and other major felons have recently been employed by the San Francisco Housing Authority. But are there even more criminals on the public payroll?

  • News

    January 14, 1998

    Trial by Liar

    The snitches mumbled, stumbled, equivocated, and perjured themselves The jury found Bernard Temple -- the man prosecutors believed to be a bloodthirsty assassin for drug dealers -- not guilty of murder.

  • News

    May 21, 1997

    Will the Soul-Jacker Go Free?

    State prosecutions against alleged gang assassin appear to disintegrate

  • News

    March 26, 1997

    Portrait of the Soul-Jacker

    Police call Bernard Temple the meanest hit man ever to roam the gang-infested streets of Bayview-Hunters Point. Temple calls himself a soul-jacker -- someone who kills to steal the spiritual power of his victims.

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