Man whose Jersey City murder conviction was overturned accepts plea deal for shorter sentence
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Zia Barisha appears in this photo from 2008 from his first court appearance on charges of murdering Michael Marro Jr. in Jersey City. (Journal file photo)
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A Union County man whose decade-old murder conviction was overturned two years ago has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in exchange for a shorter sentence.
Zia Berisha pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree aggravated manslaughter in the Nov. 6, 2007 fatal shooting of Michael Marro Jr. in a Downtown Jersey City high-rise, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez announced Monday.