但他从自己的辩护律师富兰克林·德克斯特(Franklin Dexter)那里得知，马萨诸塞州的法律规定，在主犯被审讯和定罪以前，不允许对从犯进行审判。

But Richard learned from defense attorney Franklin Dexter that Massachusetts law did not allow the trial of an accessory to a crime unless the principal had first been tried and convicted.

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