article_snippet: Holcomb's niece Maria Weinberger read a letter from Holcomb's niece Maria Weinberger widow, Nancy Holcomb Searles, who was too distressed to attend. '
article_snippet: the hearing was scheduled after Holcomb's family and prosecutors said Holcomb's family and prosecutors were not aware of the earlier meeting.
article_snippet: Holcomb's family and prosecutors also argued that the decision made in January was made with inadequate information about the killer's background, including other violent incidents and threats directed at law enforcement, although officials contend officials did have that information.
highlights_snippet: argued that Holcomb's family had not been told about the hearing .
  