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Tulsa Hearing Resumes in Murder of 4 Women

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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A preliminary hearing for two brothers accused of shooting four women to death in Tulsa has resumed with defense lawyers questioning whether a police witness is reliable.

Jamila Jones returned to the stand Tuesday. A lawyer for defendant Cedric Poore spent the morning asking Jones whether she has changed her story during interviews with police and whether she was addicted to drugs. She said she has not and was not.

Cedric and James Poore have pleaded not guilty to killing four women during a robbery last winter. The four were tied up and shot in the head.

Prosecutors say the brothers robbed the women, then shot them because they feared they would be identified. Defense attorneys for both men claim the evidence