Friday, March 25, 2016

20 YEARS FOR A CRIME HE DIDN’T COMMIT … MAYBE/PROBABLY

By Bob Walsh

It seems likely that Richard Rosario, now 40, just did a 20-year stretch in New York for a crime he didn’t commit, thanks in large part to in incompetent lawyer.

Rosario asserts that he was in in fact in Florida in 1996 when George Collazo, 16, was murdered. He had 13 witnesses who could vouch for his presence in Florida. It seems that his lawyer didn’t exactly exert himself to run down these witnesses.

Two eye witnesses said Rosario gunned down Collazo during an argument in the street. There was zero physical evidence of any kind to support the witnesses.

His conviction has now been overturned. The D A has not opposed that move, though may yet refile the case.

The matter came to a head two months after the 27-year D. A. retired and days ahead of a planned “DATELINE” piece on the case. I am confident those two things are purely coincidental.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The bright light of justice tends to change versions and events as previously recalled.