Record's Salazar Is Journalist of Year ; Work Included Profile of Killer

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The Record's Carolyn Salazar was named journalist of the year on Thursday by the New Jersey Press Association, which recognized her body of work in 2006, including her Oct. 27 profile of convicted murderer Richard Spillane.

The story, published under the headline "Killer: I am sorry," marked the first time that Spillane, 45, had spoken publicly about the April 1984 murders of his mother, Jeanne Spillane Hamilton, and his stepfather, Ralph Hamilton.

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Record's Salazar Is Journalist of Year ; Work Included Profile of Killer

Spillane, who is serving a 30-year sentence at New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, had maintained his innocence for ye...

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