Word: razo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Razo's friends said he felt alienated from his middle-class classmates and longed to return to his native Los Angeles. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times immediately following his arrest in 1987, Razo said, "I'm a homeboy now...At Harvard I didn't fit...I was confused...
...Razo, a Harvard varsity football player, turned to PCP to combat this confusion. His defense had centered around the claim that his confession to the burglaries was spurred by a PCP-induced psychosis...
...prosecutor Ravi Mehta called the argument a "crock," saying Razo was not poisoned by PCP when he turned himself in to police in 1987 and confessed to 12 burglaries. Mehta told the court that Razo "had earned his way to Harvard, but he also earned his way to prison...
...Razo's defense lawyer John Barnett also called the sentence fair, "given the guilty verdict. But since I believe he isn't guilty, no sentence would be appropriate...
Barnett said he filed an official notice of appeal on September 6. If the California Court of Appeals reverses the decision. Razo will be re-tried. He still faces trial in connection with three additional robberies in Los Angeles Country...