Chalk up another win for Lord
For more than a decade, Lord has been successful in getting juries to question the authorities and accept her versions of the events in some major crimes.
For more than a decade, Lord has been successful in getting juries to question the authorities and accept her versions of the events in some major crimes.
The jury returned the verdict around 5 p.m. after deliberating over Diaz’s fate all day yesterday and part of Wednesday.
Henry Minus, 27, allegedly met with 15-year-old Hanifah Allen in the North Clinton Avenue apartment she shared with her mother, Gloria, on Feb. 6, 2001.
“Justice was served,” said his teary-eyed attorney, Robin Lord, after the jurors left the courtroom. “I have complete faith in the jury system.”
A defense lawyer known for confounding the authorities yesterday said procedural mistakes by Trenton cops could overturn many of the criminal convictions of the past two decades.
Superior Court Judge Paul Innes declared the mistrial when the jury — after nine hours of deliberation over three days — notified him that a verdict was unreachable as to Bradden Wiley’s guilt or innocence.
Defense attorney Robin Lord scored another legal victory yesterday, when her client was acquitted of murder charges.