to the defense attorneys and that s what they would get. the sixth amendment protects your right to an attorney. the right is no good if your attorney doesn t have the information. in addition to ohio s draconian discovery laws, neil would also learn that the prosecutor in joe s case, carmen marino, had his own controversial reputation. with carmen marino there are ten cases where he had been reprimanded by the courts. i summarized it as cheating to win. get a conviction at all costs seemed to be the approach. and let the truth fall where it may. in fact, in the tony klann murder case marino was cited by the ohio supreme court for prosecutorial misconduct in the trial of joe s co-defendant, mike keenan. i gave a good closing argument. and i ended by taking this big bowie knife and stabbing it in the evidence desk. that s the prosecutorial misconduct tt was alleged. and my argument is you re
required us to give them. i gave them copies of everything they were entitled to. like marino, the state of ohio stood firm. and of course, after she gave it to me, they appealed it. so i had my retrial. but i couldn t go nowhere. the prosecutor s office began preparing for another trial. convinced they could reconvict joe and put him to death once and for all. without a scratch.y maybe it was the day your baby came home. or maybe the day you realized your baby was not a baby anymore. every subaru is built to earn your trust. because we know what you re trusting us with. subaru. kelley blue book s most trusted brand. and best overall brand. love. it s what makes a subaru, a subaru.
penalty. joe s court-appointed lawyer convinced him to waive his right to a jury trial. i haven t a clue of the law. so whatever they said, i did. the prosecution was handled by a tough veteran litigator named carmen marino. on this case from my standpoint it was a job well done by the police officers. they investigated a good case and brought in good witnesses. there was nothing in this case that i had to do that the police didn t already do. that s rare. at trial, the state s case hinged on eddie espinoza s eyewitness account of the murder and the testimony of stoney lewis. to defend himself, joe took the stand. but his only alibi was that he was home alone sleeping. the prosecutor just tore me apart. you know. my attorneys did absolutely nothing and that was it.
when that ruling finally comes out, i mean, such elation. and you know, the culmination of 15 years of pleading and searching for the truth. because joe always said, the evidence will prove that i didn t kill anthony klann. carmen marino, who retired in 2002, strongly disagreed with the decision. disappointment. you ve got to understand, it s disappointment from the standpoint that those cases were well tried. in my considered opinion there is a very limited trial ability on many judges. they don t understand the full dynamics either of investigating a criminal case or trying a criminal trial. marino also disputed that he withheld evidence. we strictly followed the ohio law. if it was in my file, they saw it or heard it. in addition to what the law
and it turned out that the prosecutor of the rape case was carmen marino. at the same time. so it doesn t take too much to ask that you put two and two together. yeah, i didn t see any connection. who would murder him for what reason? contrary to what you may hear, it is truly extraordinary that someone would murder another witness to keep them from testifying. but to joe d ambrosio s defense team it seemed very connected. tony klann was the only eyewitness that was called by either side for that trial. the only eyewitness suddenly ends up killed and the case goes away. to us, that was a far better motive and opportunity than the prosecution had theorized. in order to prove their theory, joe s team would need to interview the alleged rape victim. but chris longenecker had vanished without a trace.