BACKGROUND: "Tair Rada was murdered inside a bathroom stall at the Nofei Golan School in Katzrin on December 6, 2006. Almost three years later, the Nazareth District Court convicted Roman Zadorov, a foreign citizen and resident of Katzrin, of murdering the girl. The verdict ignored a dense fabric of defense evidence that led to his conviction. Since then, however, the affair has continued to occupy the media and public opinion. Despite the firm verdict - the justice system has discussed it several more times and left the conviction intact. Zadorov, who worked in flooring at Rada's school, was arrested a few days after the murder, confessed to the murder and even reenacted it. He then retracted his confession, and as the trial progressed the defense was able to raise doubts among the public that Zadorov was indeed the killer. Subsequently, the defense presented two new opinions regarding the type of knife with which Rada was murdered as well as the marks that were on her pants. The district court reviewed the opinion, and decided at the end of the day to uphold the conviction. However, Zadorov's defense team appealed to the Supreme Court again and this time Zadorov was again convicted of murder - but only by a majority opinion. Justices Yitzhak Amit and Zvi Zilbertal convicted the defendant, while Judge Yoram Danziger acquitted him out of doubt. A year ago, Zadorov filed another appeal to the Supreme Court. About two months ago, Chief Justice Hanan Meltzer ruled that Zadorov should have a retrial."......(Jerusalem Post: Reporter Eli Ashkenazi; August 26, 2021.)...... "A blow to the prosecution in the Zadorov trial? “It is impossible to determine the size of the shoe by the imprint on the jeans of the late Tair Rada,” retired Chief of Staff Yaron Shur, a shoe imprint expert for the Israel Police, said today (Tuesday) in his testimony in the Nazareth District Court. testimony was received that the imprint of Zadorov's salamander shoe on Rada's pants was found in the arena. However, during the appeals in the Supreme Cour, doubts arose as to the reliability of the shoe imprint." Time News report: December 21, 2021.
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STORY: "This week: the summary phase in Zadorov's retrial is underway," The Limited Times reports on September 13, 2022.
SUB-HEADING: "After about 40 hearings, the retrial of the accused in the murder of Tair Rada is coming to an end • After the current hearing, the judges will be free to write the verdict • In order to acquit or convict, a majority of judges is required - and it seems that Zdorov is close to achieving it.
GIST: "After about 40 hearings, Roman Zadorov's retrial is coming to an end:
(T)his week the 41st hearing will take place, which will mark the end of the final phase of the trial, the summary phase.
In the last two months, the prosecution and the defense presented their summaries in the Zadorov case, with each of them presenting the main evidence for his conviction or acquittal.
Zadorov's retrial began on October 12, 2021 and caused a public uproar.
After 15 years behind bars, Zadorov was put under house arrest under restrictive conditions.
In the amended indictment, Zadorov is accused of murder under aggravated circumstances and obstruction of justice, and 13 new prosecution witnesses joined, including Ola Kravchenko.
This week there will be a hearing where the judges will hear the parties and they will be given the opportunity to ask questions and make it difficult for them.
After the hearing, the judges will turn to writing the verdict, which is expected to last until after the holidays.
Zadorov's retrial opened in September 2021 and is expected to end with a verdict that will be published in the coming months in the second half of 2022.
To acquit or convict requires a majority of the judges.
The head of the panel, Judge Asher Kola, has already shown signs that may indicate that he intends to acquit Zadorov, but he did not express this explicitly.
The positions of the other two judges on the panel, Dani Zarfati and Tamar Nissim-Shei, are questionable as to Zadorov's acquittal.”
The entire story can be read at:
https://newsrnd.com/news/2022-09-13-this-week--the-summary-phase-in-zadorov-s-retrial-is-underway-%7C-israel-today.r1lbMtPCxs.html
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