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FILE - This undated file photo from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement shows convicted sex offender Clarence Dean, who was sentenced in New York on Monday, April 17, 2017, to 25 years to life in prison for strangling a woman to death in a Times Square budget hotel. Dean was sentenced nearly a decade after killing Kristine Yitref, a onetime design student who had become a drug-addicted prostitute. (Florida Department of Law Enforcement via AP, File)

Prison for man in NYC hotel killing case with bite debate

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, shows Clarence Dean, a convicted sex offender. It's been almost a decade since a prostitute's battered body was discovered under a bed in a Times Square budget hotel. Now jurors are about to weigh in on the murder case, which became a forum for debate over the validity of bite-mark evidence. Deliberations are set to start Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, in the case against Dean, whom prosecutors say brutally killed Kristine Yitref, while Dean says he was defending himself. (Florida Department of Law Enforcement via AP, File)

After 9 years, quick conviction in Times Square hotel murder

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press