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Rebecca Grossman faces new woes after D.A. claims she schemed from behind bars

LOS ANGELES — Convicted murderer Rebecca Grossman's conversations from jail have drawn the ire of prosecutors, who on Friday will seek to have her access to phones and visitors cut off. Grossman is awaiting sentencing after being convicted last month of second-degree murder in the deaths of two young boys who were struck and killed in a crosswalk as she sped along a residential Westlake ...
A sign shows an image of Mark Iskander, 11, left, and his brother Jacob Iskander, 8, outside of Van Nuys Courthouse were a preliminary hearing was held for Rebecca Grossman, who is charged with murder and other counts stemming from a crash in Los Angeles' Westlake Village, where prosecutors say Grossman's Mercedes struck the boys in a crosswalk and killed them.

LOS ANGELES — Convicted murderer Rebecca Grossman's conversations from jail have drawn the ire of prosecutors, who on Friday will seek to have her access to phones and visitors cut off.

Grossman is awaiting sentencing after being convicted last month of second-degree murder in the deaths of two young boys who were struck and killed in a crosswalk as she sped along a residential Westlake Village street.

Prosecutors allege that she has been instigating "illegal conduct" via jailhouse telephone calls with her family and say her legal team has attempted to tamper with the jurors who convicted her.

Here's what's been going on since a jury found Grossman guilty of all charges in the deaths of Mark and Jacob Iskander, and what legal experts say about the possible ramifications of her actions:

What has Grossman

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