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STORY BACKGROUND:

Anthony Pierce is charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Wilmington police officer last year.

Prosecutors say Pierce led police on a high-speed chase through Wilmington early on the morning of Feb. 18, 2009. While responding as back-up, Ofc. Rich Matthews swerved to avoid a box in the middle of Shipyard Blvd. He wound up hitting trees on the other side of the road and died.

A month later a grand jury indicted Pierce on second-degree murder. Prosecutors argue Pierce’s reckless actions led to Matthews’s death.