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willing to say what the prosecution wants them to say about pretty much anything, probably about their grandmother. in tino geddes s misfortune, the prosecution sensed an opportunity and flew to jamaica to help their new witness. they went to testify on his behalf and got him off with, i think, just a fine instead of doing jail time. i thought, well, okay. they re doing their job. until i found out they and tino went to a strip club. a lot of people would say, well, what they do on their time is their business. but they are there on my dime as a taxpayer testifying on behalf of this man and they go to a strip club with him? i would say they got a little
. kris maharaj was facing the death penalty for the murders of derek and duane moo young. one of the witnesses had a dramatic change of heart. tino geddes worked for kris, a newspaper that he working on. from day one, from the beginning, he swore to me he had been with kris. now, tino changes his story on the day the murders were committed. he wasn t with kris, kris wanted the moo youngs dead. kris now claims the actions were premeditated. he said he had been with maharaj on several occasions, and that in fact, kris maharaj s
morning of the murders to discuss a business deal he had started in miami. neville butler set up the meeting. neville butler set up the meeting. but the man kris was supposed to meet was not there. neville butler said perhaps he went out. the two men waited for nearly an hour. he insisted i wait. i said no, i m going. i am never late for an appointment and i am always on time and i left. at 10:30, kris drove 25 miles to ft. lauderdale and attended meetings during the hours that the meetings took place, and he could prove it. kris had alibi witnesses, including tino geddes. he swore to me he had been with kris, gone to lunch, stayed by kris. the manager at the restaurant kris frequented also clearly remembered seeing kris at lunch. i know i saw kris the day of
ahead of time. without a new trial, the judge replacing mousey could face deciding a death sentence without hearing all the evidence. i wanted a new trial, the advice was, not to ask for a mistrial. he said they would just go on with the trial because he felt they made headway and they had a good jury. why would they do this? probably the main motivation was he was on a set fee. and you re going to have to start over and that cuts into your fee. henden claimed he had worked hard on behalf of his client, the jury would go on to hear six days of testimony, all directed against kris. neville butler testified about the graphic details of the murders he said he had watched kris commit. tino geddes said that kris had asked him to make up an alibi. and the detective said kris