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Andrew Goldstein
He
threw a girl in front of a train,
and had every rich Zio-lawyer in New York wanting his case. He winds
up with a mis-trial, then a
second trial where he was convicted
of second degree murder, finally the NY supreme court overturned his
case, and he plea bargained for manslaughter.
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Kendra Webdale
Kendra Webdale, 32, a
journalist and photographer.
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An Eye
Witness
Ms. Lorenzino testified
that Mr. Goldstein did not simply push Mr. Goldstein, but that he
picked her up bodily and threw her in front of the train. In
interviews, jurors said that his apparent deliberateness and
preparation, as well as the fact that he caught himself before
falling in front of the train, helped convince them that he was not
psychotic, that he knew what he was doing was wrong.
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A Closed casket
She was dragged for several hundred feet, decapitated, and the
medical people just collected
body parts.
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Judge
Berkman
Justice Carol Berkman,
a clown, who presided over
both trials and both
sentencings, was also
restrained. “I don’t think I can possibly say anything else about
this terrible tragedy to the
Webdale
family,” she said. So she simply said what the law required her to
say: “The defendant is sentenced pursuant to a
negotiated plea to 23 years
followed by 5 years’ supervision.”
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The State Prosecutor
William Greenbaum, an
assistant district attorney, spent less time trying to convict
Mr. Goldstein's and focused more on his psychiatric
disabilities.
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The
First Trial's Hung Jury
One holdout was a
fellow Zionist who believed Mr. Goldstein did not understand the
nature of his actions. There was an Octavio Ramos, had been charged
with harassment and resisting arrest three weeks before, and they
were conveniently dropped.
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Second Trial In 2000
Goldstein is convicted and sent to a "Medical Facility".
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The Verdict Is Overturned
Natalie Rea,
a lawyer for the Legal Aid Society who represented Mr. Goldstein in
his appeal, said she was gratified that the Supreme Court had
declined to hear the district attorney's appeal. "Obviously, they
agreed with us," that the case did not present any new issues
for the highest court, she said.
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Court Of Appeals
Last December, the NY Court of Appeals, ruled that the
psychiatrist who testified for the prosecution should not have been
allowed to testify about what other people had told her about him,
unless those people were available to be cross-examined.
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Girl's Family Couldn't Handle A Third Trial
They agreed to a plea deal, because the stress of
another trial was too much on
the parents.
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Henry Morgantheau The District Attorney
Robert M. Morgenthau, the
Manhattan district attorney, said the
plea deal was a fair settlement.
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