Like this afternoon in the courtroom. Both defendants, of course, were there with their team of attorneys. There were 36 by my count, at least members of vic victims family members seated on one side of the court. The media and other supporters of max harris especially on the other side of the court. At this point, the judge came in, indicated they had a verdict for max harris. That verdict was read. It tooks, by my count, 12 minutes to read through 36 different verdict sheets, one for each of the victims. We found that he was not guilty. Then we learned that there was a split decision that Derick Almena, the jury was hung on his case. Lets hear what the attorneys said after the verdicts. Quite heroically put their lives on hold, worked diligently to come to a verdict and we are eternally grateful for the verdict they came to for max harris. I wasnt going to make a statement because obviously im distressed. Ive been up with my client and weve talked for about a half hour. And he is les
Innocent young client has been in jail. I think this is a time to thank the community, thank all of the community for their tremendous outpouring of support for max harris throughout this process. I wasnt going to make a statement because obviously, im distressed. Ive been up with my client and we talked for about a half hour. And he is less distressed than i. We both look forward to the next trial and in the next trial, we will do better. Now, both of these men have been in jail at santa rita for more than two years. They were both arrested in the summer of 2017, about six months after the fire that killed 36 people at the ghost ship. There was a lot of talk during the trial about the citys potential responsibility in all of this. And in fact, this morning, as late as this morning, the last testimony the jury heard, they wanted read back to them was from an oakland fire captain about his visit to the ghost ship in 2014. His concerns about the fire load there and then in his testimony,
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Judge was unmoved. Raymond shrimp boy chow spent more than an hour and a half bashing his previous attorneys, including tony cera. At one point he said, i feel i am the victim in this matter. Prosecutors called for the harshest sentence is claiming chow was unremorseful especially during posttrial tv interviews. People look at me like im the bad person. Hey, you know what, you just have to get to know me. Reporter today the judge is sentenced the 56yearold to two life terms in prison. Chow was convicted of ordering the 2000 killing of the leader of a chinatown fraternal organization. He was also found guilty of conspiring to murder another rival who was later found shot to death. And there were 159 counts of Money Laundering and dealing in stolen liquor and cigarettes. This is not how justice should work. Reporter chows long time girlfriend says they will fight. I believe in his principle. He is one of the strongest people ive ever known. To be able to turn your life around like that,
Girlfriend says they will fight and appeal. I believe in his principle. He is one of the strongest people ive ever known. And to be able to turn your life around like that, not many people can do that. After leaving prison in 2003 chow said is is he renounced his old gangster ways and turned to mentoring youth. He started volunteering for a nonprofit in 2010. He was sincere and compassionate in helping the community up. Not just chinese kids. He dealt with filipinos, samoanas, blacks, whites. Reporter chow has maintained his innocence saying he was the target of is unupis you allows fbi agos, agents who handed him cash worth 60,000. He had no money and the money did he get, he thought it was out of is respect because many people would give him money as he walked around chinatown out of respect for what he has gone through. Reporter chow must pay 15,000 to the government and money to cover funeral costs. They say this was simply a case of attorneys and judges who let their egos get in t