A South Carolina contractor has pleaded guilty in what the state Attorney General's Office calls one of the state's largest frauds against a small town.
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diana s team immediately appealed judge kinard s decision to the south carolina supreme court. but in the meantime, the state prosecutor, donald zelenka had discovered that diana had a secret that if exposed could destroy her career and damage elmore s case. he would soon call her to a deposition. don zelenka asked have you ever done anything in the course of your life that would reflect poorly on the legal profession? and i said yes.
we got all excited. asked for the judge to set a hearing. it was december 20th or 21st. we were going to have christmas beyond all christmases. on december 21st, 2000, a new hearing was held. if a new trial were to be granted, elmore could be released on bail and join his family for the holidays after more than 18 years on death row. all rise. judge ernest kinard again presided, the same judge who had stated elmore may well be not guilty. lab corps has indicated in a record that there are no hairs from someone other than dorothy edwards and there were no hairs of anyone of african-american descent. zelenka acknowledged the evidence should have been given to the defense but argued only one of the hairs had sufficient
First hearing as a lawyer. she was very fierce. she had not the slightest doubt about eddie elmore s innocence. she was determined to make sure that i did my job. the state was represented by donald zelenka, who reportedly once argued that women who had abortions in the third trimester could be executed for murder. and elmore s fate would be decided by judge ernest kinard. one of the first witnesses called was james gilliam, the inmate who said elmore confessed to him in jail. but in the small town of greenwood, both elmore and gilliam knew bishop spearman. and before the hearing, gilliam told spearman the truth. james gilliam and i go back i guess all our life. one night he called me and he told me i lied and my conscience is bothering me. gilliam said he made a deal with the prosecutor to testify against elmore in exchange for release from prison.