Yup, totally fucked. With a NYC judge, jury and DA, with the media doing its thing... he doesn't have a prayer. There won't be a plea bargain either, it'll be 20 years for 2nd degree murder, with no possibility for parole.
Honestly, if I were this guy, I'd just martyr myself. Leave a detailed essay outlining what's happening and why I had no hope of a fair trial, and then check out publicly with cameras rolling. Better that than grinding through the crooked legal proceedings and spending the next 20 years in prison.
Yup, totally fucked. With a NYC judge, jury and DA, with the media doing its thing... he doesn't have a prayer. There won't be a plea bargain either, it'll be 20 years for 2nd degree murder, with no possibility for parole.
Honestly, if I were this guy, I'd just martyr myself. Leave a detailed essay outlining what's happening and why I had no hope of a fair trial, and then check out publicly with cameras rolling. Better that than grinding through the crooked legal proceedings and spending the next 20 years in prison.