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.