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As the victim of the violent

diesel — Sat, 02 Jul 2016 03:19:38 +0000

In reply to The Bed-Stuy Chain Saw Massacree

As the victim of the violent assault that led to ten of the years Mr. Emmanuel spent in prison, I disagree with your inclination towards the "plea extortion" theory. I know I'm a little late to the table with my remarks, but I just happened upon your blog tonight.

I also fully understand the prosecutor's fear that a 25 year old "cold case" with unreliable witnesses would be difficult to win, but the two years he served for this crime are not enough. I have seen the murderous intent in his eyes and heard the calm in his voice as he methodically intended to kill me. It is my personal opinion that he should never be permitted outside the confines of a correctional facility.

I recommend, BTW, noting down

jollyroger — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 05:48:57 +0000

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I recommend, BTW, noting down the name of the defense counsel. If I have the misfortune to catch a beef, I want this guy...

Your additional data (which I

jollyroger — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 05:43:24 +0000

In reply to From the Dec 2, 2011 trial

Your additional data (which I missed) makes the prosecution extra special primo feckless.

From the Dec 2, 2011 trial

artappraiser — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 02:19:00 +0000

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From the Dec 2, 2011 trial report linked to in your link:

Prosecutors, Michael Ross (the victim's brother) said, were worried that the former addicts would falter on the witness stand. So they allowed Mr. Emmanuel, now gray and 53, to plead guilty to manslaughter.

There's other interesting info there:

On Madison Street, the story of what had happened was taking shape. Mr. Emmanuel was a drug dealer selling large amounts of cocaine for his supplier. He had sent a girlfriend to pick up a kilogram from the supplier, and she was robbed of the drugs before she could bring them to Mr. Emmanuel. The supplier then held the woman as ransom. You can have her back, the dealer told Mr. Emmanuel, if you pay for the missing drugs or bring the head of whoever stole them.

Mr. Emmanuel had no idea who stole the drugs. So he drove to the Bronx and found a homeless man and grabbed him or lured him into the car, then brought him to that basement. A woman who was present told the police, “The dead guy had his hands like he was praying, and was saying, ‘Please, please.’ ”

Mr. Emmanuel picked up a chain saw. Outside, witnesses heard buzzing and screams. Finally, Mr. Emmanuel emerged from the house with a duffel bag and drove away.

A crack addict entered the basement and saw the headless corpse. A drug dealer who lived upstairs told the addict to get rid of the body, and the addict demanded $150 for his troubles. The dealer paid him, and the addict pushed the body in a shopping cart to the school’s trash bin.

Etc etc

This should have gone to trial; it's not like he wasn't suspect Why should we believe Mrs Emmanuel that he's a great guy? She knew him as a kid, and then somehow got in touch with him again, and married him 10 years ago while he's in prison, as he's been in prison 19 years, so she hasn't lived with him as a grownup. That she is a retired New York City correction officer with a job at a security firm doesn't reassure me--she could be one of those types that has a reformer complex as regards prisoners and/or tough bad guys. Should have gone to trial. It's a pity that murder of homeless often happens in bad nabes where reliable witnesses are scarce, and the person may get away with it and the wrong person blamed, but still.