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January 9, 2008
Posted: 06:25 PM ET
NEW YORK — Former New Jersey Net Jayson Williams’ four corners defense is paying off once again! The former NBA star, whose trial and re-trial have been delayed by bottomless litigation, is one step closer to never serving one day in prison for shooting an innocent man to death.
Vinnie Politan
Williams was tried in the spring of 2004 for the shooting of a limo driver at his New Jersey estate. He was acquitted of the top charge of aggravated manslaughter and convicted of four lesser charges related to covering up the shooting. The jury deadlocked on a reckless manslaughter charge, but the retrial has been delayed several times. Now the prosecution team is literally breaking into pieces. Steven Lember, the lead prosecutor in the first trial, had a falling out with his boss and left the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office in August. Assistant Prosecutor Katharine Errickson took over, but now she is off the case. Errickson was fired. I watched Errickson during the first trial and was impressed by her through and tenacious prosecuting skills. It is shocking that she’d be let go after ten years as a superb prosecutor. What makes even less sense is that she was the only one left in the office who lived the Jayson Williams case for six years. Without her, the new prosecutors will have to play catch up. Errickson is five months pregnant and was devastated by the news. She had to be hospitalized after getting the news. I spoke with Errickson’s attorney, Nancy Erika Smith, who was in the middle of drafting a whistleblower complaint on behalf of Errickson. She will put the Attorney General on notice today of Errickson’s claim against the Prosecutor’s Office. So now we’ve got prosecutors suing prosecutors instead of prosecutors prosecuting those who should be prosecuted. Meanwhile Jayson Williams and his all-star legal team of Joe Hayden and Billy Martin must be smiling today. Their intense pressure defense has slowed the case down, and has helped put the prosecution into complete disarray. Now the question is which will occur first – The Jayson Williams re-trial or the New York Knicks making the playoffs? – Vinnie Politan, In Session anchor Filed under: Uncategorized |
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