Friday, September 22, 2017

False confessions: Nagee Green: New York: On-going trial: Bulletin: Cornell homicide retrial: prosecutor tells jury to connect the dots, defense says dots don't connect..."During opening statements Wednesday though, defense attorney Joseph Joch said there is no proof that Green wielded the knife that stabbed Nazaire. "We wouldn't be here if they (police investigators) hadn't spent three hours breaking Nagee down to the point where they got him to accept their theory that he must have inserted the knife into Anthony Nazaire ..." Joch pointed to several of the same elements from the last trial which likely lead to the jury deadlock of 10-2. He told jurors that the knife found at the crime scene did not have Nazaire's blood on it and pointed to the fact that nobody saw the stabbing happen. He also said that video evidence produced by the prosecution during the last trial does not show Green fighting with Nazaire."... The Ithaca Voice reports: Reporter Joenen Almendarez; September 21, 2017;

 
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: This Blog is interested in false confessions because of the disturbing number  of exonerations in the USA, Canada and multiple other jurisdictions throughout the world, where, in the absence of incriminating forensic evidence the conviction is based on self-incrimination – and because of the growing body of  scientific research showing how vulnerable suspects    (especially juveniles)  are to widely used interrogation methods  such as  the notorious ‘Reid Technique.’



Harold Levy: Publisher: The Charles Smith Blog.



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"After days of jury selection, opening statements for the Cornell homicide case started yesterday with a prosecutor calling for the jury to connect the dots for a conviction and the defense saying that there is no evidence that the defendant killed anyone. Nagee Green is on trial a second time after a jury was deadlocked over a murder charge against him in June. Green is accused of fatally stabbing Anthony Nazaire in the chest during a street brawl that broke out after a party at Cornell University on Aug. 28, 2016. Police arrived at the scene within minutes but Nazaire, an Ithaca College student from Brooklyn, died at the scene. Despite the deadlock on the second-degree murder charge, Green was convicted of first-degree assault for stabbing Rahiem Williams, another Ithaca College student involved in the brawl, multiple times in the back.  (Photo caption): Defense attorney Joseph Joch says there is no evidence to prove that Nagee Green killed Anthony Nazaire on Aug 28, 2016 during a street brawl at Cornell University.)    During opening statements Wednesday though, defense attorney Joseph Joch said there is no proof that Green wielded the knife that stabbed Nazaire. "We wouldn't be here if they (police investigators) hadn't spent three hours breaking Nagee down to the point where they got him to accept their theory that he must have inserted the knife into Anthony Nazaire ..." Joch pointed to several of the same elements from the last trial which likely lead to the jury deadlock of 10-2. He told jurors that the knife found at the crime scene did not have Nazaire's blood on it and pointed to the fact that nobody saw the stabbing happen. He also said that video evidence produced by the prosecution during the last trial does not show Green fighting with Nazaire. But prosecutor Eliza Filipowski said the video evidence — gathered primarily through short social media clips — is crucial to the case. One video clip shows Green wielding a knife as he swings it toward someone else during the fight. Filipowski points out that Green can be heard saying, "I kill out here," as he swings the knife, though the Joch argues that the audio in the video is too distorted to understand. She also described a second video clip where Green can be seen running toward Nazaire and Williams. The trial started again Thursday morning."
https://ithacavoice.com/2017/09/cornell-homicide-retrial-prosecutor-tells-jury-connect-dots-defense-says-dots-dont-connect/
  
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: I am monitoring this case/issue. Keep your eye on the Charles Smith Blog for reports on developments. The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at: http://www.thestar.com/topic/charlessmith. Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at: http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html Please send any comments or information on other cases and issues of interest to the readers of this blog to: hlevy15@gmail.com. Harold Levy; Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.