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Jennifer Pomatto, Mette's sister, said the ruling excited the family. "We hope to have him home by the end of the month, and hopefully this will be the end of it," she said. Daley said in a statement that he was grateful the court reversed the decision, noting that Mette "did little or nothing to provoke" the incident. State prosecutors haven't decided whether to ask the Iowa Supreme Court to review the ruling, said Bill Roach, a spokesman for the Iowa attorney general's office. A telephone message seeking comment from Dubuque County Attorney Ralph Potter wasn't returned.
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