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Palmer disputes the notion that he took advantage of the tribe and says he was the victim of tribal politics: "We did not do one thing wrong. They lost the case at every level, in every jurisdiction. It was just a smear job." As for the 30% his company received for supplying the slots, he says, "We used all that to pay for the slot machines...
...could prosecutors admit to such a mistake after 13 years? In a 58-page court filing, the lawyers assigned to investigate Reyes' claim wrote that "ultimately, there proved to be no physical or forensic evidence recovered at the scene or from the person or effects of the victim which connected the defendants to the attack on the jogger, or could establish how many perpetrators participated...
...weaknesses in the evidence were there from the start. The teenagers confessed to the attack, yet their versions of what happened that night varied widely, from their descriptions of the victim to their account of the crime's location. There were also inconsistencies about the weapon. Several boys talked of stabbing her repeatedly, but there were no knife wounds. Although their parents were present for part of their questioning, the most damaging admissions all appear to have come when the adults were out of the room...
...five, who by their own admissions participated in her attack by holding her down and striking her to the ground." Reyes, now 31, said he was moved to admit his guilt after witnessing the hard time Wise was having in prison. Reyes' harrowing account of how he tracked his victim, felled her and then subdued her again after she tried to escape half naked has forced an entire city to relive that time--and to rue the miscarriage of justice that may have been as horrible as the crime that caused...
According to the Bergen Record, police say that harsh words were exchanged between Elena, a former midfielder for Northfield Regional’s field hockey team, and the alleged victim in July. (Marco’s attorney has said that the girl used offensive anti-Italian remarks). The argument moved upstairs and, according to police, Marco eventually held the victim by the stomach as Elena pummeled...