i d summarize 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 that was alleged. and my argument was, you re criticizing me for stabbing this knife in the desk when that was the knife that slashed this kid s throat when they murdered him. i said you think that s the balance that should overturn the case? well, it was. because of marino s antics, mike keenan received a new trial. but once again he was convicted and received a death sentence.
neil was also shocked to learn that in 1988, ohio law did not require the state authorities to share all their evidence with defendants. what would happen back in those days is that the prosecutor would look at their files and they would determine what to hand over or to reveal 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 the 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 were 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
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 bully knife. stabbing it at the evidence desk. that s the prosecutorial misconduct was alleged will my argument was you re criticizing me for stabbing this knife in the desk when that was the knife that slashed this kid s throat when they murdered him. you think that s the balance that should overturn the case? well, it was. because of marino s antics, mike keenan received a new trial. but once again he was convicted and received a death sentence.
with carmen marino, there were 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 bully knife. stabbing it at the evidence desk. that s the prosecutorial misconduct was alleged. my argument was you re criticizing me for stabbing this knife in the desk when that was the knife that slashed this kid s throat when they murdered him. you think that s the balance that should overturn the case? well, it was. because of marino s antics, mike keenan received a new trial. but once again he was convicted and received a death sentence.