Former Attorney General Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj is expected meet with his brother Krishna Maharaj’s lawyers in Miami as new evidence given by a former Columbian drug lord may exonerate his double murder conviction. Krishna, 74, spent 27 years on death row in a Florida prison after he was convicted of murdering his Jamaican business partner 53-year-old Derrick Moo Young and his 23-year-old son Duane at the Miami Dupont Plaza Hotel on October 16, 1968. In his final appeal next month, his lawyers plan to present a sworn statement from El Asistente , a henchman of deceased notorious drug lord Pablo Escabar’s Medellin Cartel. In an interview yesterday, Maharaj said that although he does not have all the details of this new evidence, he said his family is happy to hear that Krishna might be freed. Maharaj, who is vacationing at his son in the Cayman Islands, said he will be flying out to Miami today where he will meet Kris’ lawyer but not his brother. “Kris has always maintained that he was innocent and it's because of his poor legal representation at the trial, he was convicted. There have been a lot of people from England and America who have claimed that he was innocent. I have spoken to his lawyers and his lawyers have always maintained that one day he will be free because of the evidence which they are investigating to show that he did not commit those crimes. “It has been a long legal battle but I was very happy when I heard that there has been not only a witness, but even the police investigators have given evidence to show that he is not guilty and he is innocent.” According to the United Kingdon’s Daily Mail, El Asistente’s statement gave specific details of the murders, labelling it as a profession hit on the Moo Young who were laundering money from drug cartels . He named Medellin assassin Guillermo “Cuchilla” Zuluaga as the murderer. Part of El Asistente statement said, “I am giving this because I have reconnected with my religious faith. The idea that Krishna Maharaj has served more than a quarter-century in prison for a crime I know he did not commit appals me. I want to set the record straight and ensure he gets justice.” The Daily Mail further reports that several police files former police officers have been providing evidence that their corrupt colleagues had “fabricated the case against Maharaj to hide the cartels’ involvement.
"Gentlemen of the jury, be merciful. For God's sake, be merciful. He is innocent of all charges brought against him.
Barry Winston made a remarkable statement during his appointment with the young man in paragraph 3 on page 111, which states “of course I believe him, but I’m worried about finding a judge who’ll believe him”. However, in my opinion, I wouldn’t have thought him to be vindicated. Moreover, all evidence proved that he was indeed guilty even if he doesn’t remember the incident, the young man had 3 beers
During the court, there is no one who can help him to prove that he is not guilty and his friends seems to think that he is guilty for killing his wife. It is really tragic that he is guilty in a second without evidence, but his tone seems brave that he didn’t lose faith. “During this whole ordeal, he never fell apart,” Allison told me. “He wanted people to see him as strong. And I think in the end, that very trait worked against him.” shown the readers that Morton is confident because he knew the truth. When someone asked him questions about his wife’s death, he kept saying that he didn’t do it. He was waiting for the truth to come out because he endure all go pain, false accusations, and lost a family. He shown everyone that he will keep his faith and keep moving forward with confident.
unjustly put into jail. He accepts going to jail even though he was put in jail
“Police throughout the United States have been caught fabricating, planting, and manipulating evidence to obtain convictions where cases would otherwise be very weak. Some authorities regard police perjury as so rampant that it can be considered a "subcultural norm rather than an individual aberration" of police officers. Large-scale investigations of police units in almost every major American city have documented massive evidence of tampering, abuse of the arresting power, and discriminatory enforcement of laws. There also appears to be widespread police perjury in the preparation of reports because police know these reports will be used in plea bargaining. Officers often justify false and embellished reports on the grounds that it metes out a rough justice to defendants who are guilty of wrongdoing but may be exonerated on technicalities.”
before he was even convicted of the crime! Mr. Stevenson spends so much time advocating for
...ing of key evidence he was not found guilty. This goes to prove that although in this case Morin was ultimately found not guilty, there are other cases where the person who is actually responsible for the crime has been released for the same reasons. In this case the actual person who murdered Christine has not been found, although had the police widened their suspect list they may have found the murderer.
It was a time of civil war between the Columbian Conservative Party and the Columbian Liberal Party. However, vast numbers of people were killed on his command. His particular way of handling any authorities questioning his actions was to bribe them or to kill them, or ‘plata o plomo’, Colombian slang for ‘money or bullets’. Escobar was believed to have had Medellin drug lord Fabio Restrepo murdered in 1975, in order to take over full leadership of the Medellin Cartel.
“Beyond a Reasonable Doubt” clearly demonstrated the role of a prosecutor in the courtroom. Albeit in a negative manner, Hunter effectively bridged the functions of the police to the criminal justice process during the trial of Metcalfe (Neubauer & Fradella, 2014, p. 150). The murder trial of Metcalfe provided a frightening view of prosecutorial misconduct and unethical behavior of a prosecutor. Hunter betrayed the public he served by conspiring with Lieutenant Merchant to fabricate DNA evidence to ensure victory in the courtroom.
It has been named the Trial Of the Century. Everyone’s eyes were glued to their television screens. Everyone’s jaws were dropped while listening to the radio. And the only thing they wanted to know; was O.J Simpson guilty? The talented running back turned TV personality was being tried for two murders. In the end O.J. was acquitted. It came as a shock to many, as well as a victory to others. With a handful of evidence against him, some thought there was no way he could be found not guilty. O.J. Simpson’s “dream team” was able to win the case because the prosecution did not evaluate the evidence close enough before presenting it in trial.
A) After Dexter Scott King heard Ray’s side to the story he said’ “Having met with James Earl Ray, I believe and my family believes this man is innocent”
Throughout, we have heard from the victims’ family. I would like to now offer in my behalf and on the behalf of my fellow jurors in the case our utmost sympathies for the respective families of the two victims on the loss of Mr. Stephan Swan and Mr. Mathew Butler and commend them for their bravery throughout this ordeal, which I could only imagine is a hard one. I urge all the victims’ families
After Truscott’s lawyers argued to prove his innocence at the Ontario Court of Appeal, on August 28th 2007 after approximately 48 years of living as a convicted murderer Steven Truscott was finally acquitted of the murder (Roberts). He received the news from a phone call with his lawyer while he was on Highway 401 in which they told him, “You are free. No more - no more parole. You’ve been acquitted by the court” (Swan 140). With that being the verdict, they formally apologized and stated that what happened to Truscott was in fact a “miscarriage of justice” (Timeline of the Truscott Case Truscott Timeline).
Christopher, Liam. “Mother ‘vindicated’ after girl’s murder suspect held.” Daily Post. 18 Aug. 2006: 19. Proquest Newsstand. Web. 28 Feb. 2014.
Police corruption is a nationwide problem that has been going on for many years. Not only is corruption a problem on our own U.S. soil, but police practices of corruption go as far east as Europe and Asia. Many studies, polls and examinations were taken to find out how exactly what the general publics’ opinions of the police are. Officers receive a lot of scrutiny over this issue, but for good reason.