| Trial for
Man Imprisoned 20 Years Then Freed For
Murder of Collazo Kicks Off July 25 in
SDNY
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 22 – Richard Rosario
spend twenty years in prison
for the murder of Jorge
Collazo - and then had his
conviction vacated and was not
re-tried. He sued.
On July 19,
2022 U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Lorna G. Schofield
held a final pre-trial
conference, before the jury
trial set to begin on July 25.
Inner City Pres is covering
the case.
Rosario is
suing for the violation of his
constitutional rights by Irwin
Silverman, Gary Whitaker,
Richard Martinez and Charles
Cruger, who investigated the
1996 murder.
In a
pre-trial memo, Rosario says
he will testify for four
hours, and Whitaker and
Martinez for four to six hours
each. Three witnesses to the
murder will be called, and
alibi witnesses that Rosario
was in Florida at the time of
the murder.
One possible
witness, Lyamari Leon, is
described as testifying about
an "alternative theory and
motive for the murder of Jorge
Collazo."
The
defense says it will call
former ADA Jeanne Patrauskas,
for an hour. There will be
DD5s and crime scene photos,
and Dateline interview
transcripts.
The case is
Rosario v. City of New York,
et al., 18-cr-4023
(Schofield)
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