COUNTDOWN: THREE DAYS TO WRONGFUL CONVICTION DAY:
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GIST: "Months
after a jury failed to reach a unanimous decision on the charge, a
second panel found Nagee Green guilty of murder in the stabbing of a
19-year-old Ithaca College student.
Green,
of Freeville, who was 23 at the time of his arrest, was accused of
fatally stabbing Anthony Nazaire during a fight after a party on the
Cornell University campus in the early hours of Aug. 28, 2016. Nazaire died of stab wounds at Cayuga Medical Center. The
jury began deliberations Wednesday afternoon and announced just after
3:30 p.m. Thursday its members had reached a unanimous verdict. Green was convicted of second-degree assault at an initial trial
in June, but jurors could not reach a unanimous decision on a
second-degree murder charge and a first-degree manslaughter charge after
four days of deliberation. Green's sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 6.
See 'The Ithican' story at the link below: "During closing arguments, the defense stressed the detail that none of the witnesses said they saw Green stab Nazaire. Joch said he wants someone to be charged with the death of Nazaire but that he thinks Green does not fit into the theory the prosecution is pushing. None of the seven witnesses who were brought to testify said they explicitly saw Green stab Nazaire. Carrie McGinnis, a forensic scientist and DNA analyst with the New York State Police Crime Laboratory, testified that neither handle of the two knives contained a major contributor of DNA, meaning no one strand of a person’s DNA was present more than others. Also, no video shown in the court shows Green clearly attacking Nazaire and the other student who was injured. He said that the videos the prosecution is pushing lead to the assumption, not fact, that Green is the killer because he can not be seen clearly attacking anyone. He also said the alleged confession the police received from Green was coerced. According to court documents, Green consistently denied stabbing Nazaire in the video of his confession when being interrogated by New York State Police officers. Later in the video, he said it could have been accidental if Nazaire fell on the knife; Green then confessed to stabbing Nazaire."
https://theithacan.org/news/nagee-green-found-guilty-for-murder-of-anthony-nazaire/
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/c
