During the defense summation, the trial judge, NYS Supreme Court Justice Michael Aloise, stood on the bench next his chair and mugged at the jury
I think some of the jurors had enough of this trial already --- first ADA Brad Leventhal ranted at them during a large part of his summation --- then, Judge Aloise scowled at them during part of the defense summation
Is it any wonder that one of the first notes out of the jury room during early deliberations at the retrial was that the retrial jury says it is deadlocked already.....
The day started as expected with Judge Aloise summarily dismissing the defense application for additional evidentiary hearings in light of last week's "anonymous letter."
However, this judge's hank-panky really got off the ground during one part of defendant counsel Robert Moeller's summation. It's interesting that Mr. Moeller focused on the failure of investigators and OCME technicians to do a complete battery of "elimination DNA testing" --- meaning that there had to be almost tons [ and that would be 29166666666666664 picograms per U.S. ton] of unidentified DNA at the crime scene and even on Karina Vetrano's body.
Sorry to be so brief, but that's all my BSIs with eyes and ears in the courtroom had for me.
Let's see if this retrial jury has the balls to dump this stinkin' case a second time.
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No one cares.
Ulrich always wins
UPDATE & BACKFILL: THE "NY TIMES CONFIRMS KEY CLAIMS IN THE 'ANONYMOUS LETTER' FROM THEIR POLICE SOURCES" EDITION
CEMENT-HEAD TRIAL JUDGE ALOISE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT ANY OF THAT --- PERSUADED BY QUEENS ADA'S ARGUMENT THAT THE LETTER WAS SENT BY "SOMEBODY WITH AN AGENDA"
Two New York Times reporters have CONFIRMED key elements of the so-called "11th-hour anonymous letter" using two independent sources close to the police investigation --- that early suspects specifically included a pair of white men --- and --- once the DNA phenotype profile suggested the killer might be black, the police did institute a race-based search for black men's DNA in Brooklyn and Queens counties.
An interesting FACT disclosed by one of the sources was that the number of black men that had their DNA tested was significantly higher than the number "360" suggested by defense counsel --- according to the police source the number was at least 384.....
Justice Michael Aloise wasn't interested in any of the defense applications; rather he seemed to want the case submitted to the jury by Monday afternoon above all other considerations. Later on, Judge Aloise seemed visibly miffed at the length of the defense summation.
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