It claims the detectives, who did not record the interrogation, told Wright he could go home if he admitted his role in the crime. Wright "repeatedly told detectives he had no involvement or knowledge of the crime, and spent hours repeatedly crying for his mother, whom he could hear outside the interrogation room screaming for him," District Attorney Larry Krasner said in announcing the charges. Krasner said Jastrzembski told jurors at Wright's first trial "about the location of clothing he falsely claimed was found during a search of Wright's bedroom, but was actually found in the victim's home.
But DNA testing "decades later" showed the clothing "was actually worn by Talley, not Wright," it said. The DNA results proved Talley's attacker was Ronnie Byrd, a man who lived near the victim's home and who had since died, according to Krasner. The retrial ended in Wright's acquittal, with the jury deliberating for less than an hour, Krasner said.
The charges against Devlin — two counts each of perjury and false swearing — are only allegations. None of the detectives have been convicted in connection with the case. Devlin worked for 28 years at Philadelphia's police department. He then spent 15 years with the prosecutor's office in Camden County, where he led the Major Crimes Unit. Daniels, 40, was one of two hit men convicted of the Nov. The other killer, year-old Len Jenoff, ended his prison term in January.
The year-old victim was killed on orders from her husband, Rabbi Fred Neulander, who wanted to end their marriage of 29 years, authorities said. The rabbi, now 73, is serving a life sentence for murder with no release date in sight. It took a quarter century to convict mom who killed 5-year-old son. Name: Michelle Lodzinski. Crime: In , Lodzinski, a year-old mother living in of South Amboy, claimed that her son Timothy Wiltsey, 5, had disappeared at a Sayreville carnival. His remains were found nearly a year later in a marshy area in Edison — not far from her former workplace.
It wasn't until that prosecutors charged Lodzinski, who moved to Florida and had two more kids, with murder. She was convicted at trial in Sentence: 30 years without parole. Her earliest release date is Aug. Lodzinski tried to get her conviction thrown out on the grounds the jury had been tainted by a foreman's independent research about the case. Lodzinski's attorney also argued jurors did not have sufficient evidence to convict her.
A judge in October rejected both claims. James Koedatich, shown at left in court in , is serving two life sentences for killing year-old Parsippany high school student Amie Hoffman and year-old Mendham Township resident Deirdre O'Brien.
Photos from file and state Department of Corrections. Convicted killer of 2 young women seeking DNA test to clear him of slaying. Name: James Koedatich Crime: Koedatich, who has been called "one of the most dangerous and despised serial killers in the history of the state," was convicted of kidnapping, sexually assaulting and fatally stabbing an year-old Parsippany high school student and a year-old Mendham Township woman just 12 days apart in November of Just months before the respective killings of Amie Hoffman and Deirdre O'Brien, the Morristown resident had been released from a prison in Florida after serving an year sentence for strangling his roommate.
Sentence: Koedatich was initially sentenced to death for Hoffman's murder, but the sentence was later overturned by the state Supreme Court. He's now serving two life sentences for the killings. A Morris County judge in December granted Koedatich's request for a new test of DNA evidence recovered from Hoffman's body, as part of Koedatich's bid for a new trial in that killing.
He's next scheduled to appear in court in July, records show. Koedatich, who just turned 70 behind bars, is incarcerated at the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, according to correctional records.
The state Department of Corrections in rejected his request for a transfer to a prison Illinois so he could be closer to his family.
Brothers Jonathan Zarate top left and top right and his little brother James Zarate bottom left and bottom right were convicted of killing their neighbor in in Randolph. Brothers caught dumping body after grisly killing of teen girl. Name: Jonathan and James Zarate. Crime: James Zarate, 14, and Jonathan Zarate, 18, invited neighbor Jennifer Parks, 16, to their house and then gagged, stabbed, and dismembered her in They recruited a friend to help dispose of her body, but got caught dumping the trunk into a river.
The friend, Vladimir Basilio, testified that Jonathan taunted his younger brother into taking part in the killing by saying he didn't have the guts to do it, but Jonathan told police he did it because Parks insulted his brother. Sentence: Both young men received life sentences plus additional time, but James Zarate was resentenced last year to 50 years on the murder charge.
His earliest parole date is Jan. Jonathan Zarate's earliest parole date is Nov. James Zarate appealed for years to have his sentence reduced, with his attorney claiming he was influenced by his older brother. He was successful in and had his life sentence changed to 50 years. Jonathan Zarate's argument for a new trial — claiming that his lawyer was ineffective and evidence shouldn't have been allowed — was not successful.
In , he also unsuccessfully appealed sanctions he was given for punching a prison officer and having gang recruitment material in his cell. Steven Fortin, shown at left during one of his first court appearances in , is serving life without parole for the killing of Melissa Padilla, a year-old mother of four in Woodbridge. Woodbridge mom's killer behind bars for good after two trials.
His first conviction was overturned by the state Supreme Court, which ruled the judge's questioning of prospective jurors had been inadequate.
A second trial in ended in the same verdict. Sentence: The jury in Fortin's first trial sentenced him to death. But by the penalty phase of the second trial, the state of New Jersey had repealed the death penalty.
After a ruling by the state Supreme Court that Fortin was eligible for the newly created sentence of life without parole, a judge in imposed the maximum sentence. Fortin in appealed his second conviction, arguing several prosecution witnesses should not have been allowed to testify at trial. Fortin's appeal was rejected first by a state appellate court in and then by the state Supreme Court the following year.
David Cooper, in a mugshot after the death of Latasha Goodman, and his recent prison photo. Man escapes death penalty after killing 6-year-old girl. Name: David Cooper.
Crime: Latasha Goodman, 6, was playing in a relative's yard in Asbury Park July 18, when Cooper, 22, approached and offered money for candy and ice cream if she went with him. He took her out of the yard, sexually assaulted and strangled her , and left her body in a nearby yard. He was arrested the next day and convicted in Weiss noted the rabbi "sat comfortably in a black leather chair" at his wife's shiva, while Jewish custom "dictates that a person in mourning is supposed to sit on a hard chair to purposely feel uncomfortable," the ruling observed.
Jenoff, who said he posed as a delivery man, also described Carol Neulander's last moments to jurors. He said the dying woman called out "why, why? The first trial ended with a hung jury, but the second one brought a murder conviction and life term for the rabbi.
Jenoff and Daniels were released from custody in after serving terms for aggravated manslaughter. Any allegations against Devlin seem unlikely to have an impact on Neulander's conviction, said Marlton attorney Craig Mitnick, who represented Daniels.
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