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ANOTHER TWIST; ANOTHER TURN

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

Long time and careful readers of this blog will recall our reporting on the strange case of Kareem Bellamy. Bellamy was convicted of murder in New York. While serving his prison sentence, his attorneys obtained statements from one Michael Green confessing to the murders Bellamy was convicted of. A motion was filed and the conviction was overturned and Bellamy was released. We then reported on the fact that it appeared that Green had faked the confession and in fact Bellamy might not be innocent.  Motions were filed to re-instate Bellamy's conviction. Now comes word that Green, who testified for the prosecution last week, was arrested yesterday for breaking into a woman's apartment and robbing her at knife point. The title of the post links to the NY Times article...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on December 13, 2008 (boomark / email).