with john thomson. michael and gordon began to prepare an appeal, and their key argument was that the prosecution s star witness, richard perkins, had hidden motive in the case. mr. perkins had been promised reward money by the prosecutors and that information never made its way in front of the jury. michael and gordon hired lisa who knew new orleans inside and out. as defense investigator on the case. if something smells fishy, there s a reason. humans lie, and they do things for their own advancement and their careers and some cash. people are very unscrupulous. seeking a reward worth today more than $30,000, richard perkins requested a meeting with the representative of the liuzza family. the conversation was recorded by police. mr. liuzza asked me to meet
neither michael and i had any idea in 1988 that we would spend a quarter of a scentury working with john thompson. michael and gordon began preparing an appeal. the key argument was that the prosecution s star witness, richard perkins, had a hidden motive in the case. mr. perkins had been promised reward money by the prosecutors and that information never made its way in front of the jury. michael and gordon hired lisa who knew new orleans inside and out as defense investigator on the case. if something smells fishy, there s a reason. humans lie, and they do things for their own advancement and their careers and some cash. people are very unscrupulous. seeking a reward worth today more than $30,000, richard perkins requested a meeting with the representative of the liuzza family. the conversation was recorded by police.
denied ever being in room 1215. his fingerprints were all over. that was a lie. he denied having a gun. he clearly had a opini .9 milli pistol, what was used in the murder. he had invested in property. young of supervising that property. according to chris, derek had stolen $445,000, embezzled it. kris had a motive, he clearly hated the youngs. finally the icing on the cake of the star witness, neville butler. kris case went to trial. in court the defense presented me to alibi witnesses, and kris never took the stand. ron petril l was the defense investigator. i knew when i heard this coming out of the jury room what
a quarter of a century working with john thomson. they began preparing an appeal, their key argument was that the prosecution s star witness, richard perkins, had a hidden motive in the case. mr. perkins had been promised reward money by the prosecutors and that information never made its way in front of the jury. michael and gordon hired lisa who knew new orleans inside and out. as defense investigator on the case. if something smells fishy, there s a reason. humans lie, and they do things for their own advancement and their careers and some cash. people are very unscrupulous. seeking an award that today would be worth more than $30,000, richard perkins requested a meeting with a representative of the liuzza family. the conversation was recorded by police. mr. liuzza asked me to meet
said he denied being in room 215 and denied vlg a gun. he clearly did have a 9 millimeter pistol and said that was the gun used for this murder. he had invested in property and according to kris, derek had stolen $441,000. just embezzled it. kris had a motive. and finally, the icing on the cake was a star witness, neville butler. kris case went to trial. in court, presented no alibi witnesses and kris never took the stand. ron pa trillo was the defense investigator on the case. i knew when i heard of this going on in the jury room, what the final outcome was going.