endless adventure Pablo İbar with different examples florida justice will face another decisive moment in the coming months. Her lawyer Applied before Tuesday Supreme Court the state’s cancellation life imprisonment and one new try can prove the innocence he has defended since being convicted of a triple murder almost three decades ago. ” opinion It went as good as it could go. The judges’ questions led to answers in favor of our case. We are very hopeful,” he explained this Wednesday. Joe NascimentoIbar’s lawyer. This time the timing of the appeal may be crucial because Political climate in Florida reverts to maximum intransigence first. serious crimes
Ibar was unable to follow the hearing via videoconference, but was able to speak to his lawyer at the end of the hearing before three judges of the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeals, chaired by Judge Melanie May. “continues to be very hopeful before what he thought would happen last chanceThe Spanish-American convict’s lawyer, who is the nephew of the legendary Basque boxer, said “he remains cautious, however, and does not want to fall into too many delusions for fear of being disappointed again.” Jose Manuel Ibar ‘Urtain’. At the very least, this caution is understandable, given the trauma his case has suffered since he went to jail in 1994.
After being charged with triple murder that year Casimir Sucharski (owner of a nightclub) and dancers Sharon Anderson And marie rogersA always denied crime, it was too much sentenced to death He spent 16 years on death row before the Florida Supreme Court overturned the sentence in 2016. tests “too flimsy” endorses the “abuse of power” by the lawyer on whom he is based and defending him. The trial was repeated and 2019 İbar was tried again, this time life imprisonment.
Twelve reasons to defend
And this is the last hearing constitutional rights from Ibar. At Tuesday’s hearing, Nascimento said: 12 reasons to support this thesis. Starting from the predicted during “contamination” they are in the custody of the main evidence in the case, t-shirt that one of the perpetrators of the crime covered his face during the incident. An analyst, at the last hearing, said that the bag containing only the shirt Residual genetic traces of Ibar’s DNAHe came to the lab in a bag. partially open seal. It should be added that until then, the evidence was not part of the summary, as determined by the Florida Supreme Court in 2016. there was no “physical proof” To link the accused to the crime.
Defending Hispanic-American in the final hearing, Nascimento the truth of the testimony From Sucharsky’s neighbor who identified Ibar recognition wheelHe claimed that recently the police showed him a photo of him. At the same time, he charged the judge for the 20 minutes he had to present his opinion during the trial. Dennis Baileythe person who made the last attempt, if “He abused his reputation” by removing one of its members from the jury, who denounced the pressure of his colleagues.
This Questions from judges to prosecutors This Tuesday, they made the Ibar team think that the appeal could be concluded. Considering that one of the perpetrators had covered his face for minutes and wiped his sweat, they not only asked if there would be more traces of Ibar’s DNA on the shirt, but also brought up what had happened. juror who condemned the pressure of his colleagues.
No time limit for decision
“If the judges lend attention to evidence and multiple faults of the judges in the final trial violating my client’s constitutional rights, declare it invalid and order a new one”, Nascimento stated during a virtual appearance in front of the media organized by the Pablo Ibar-Juicio Justo Association, which supports his cause by raising funds to support his expensive defense. currently has $200,000 budgetThis was partially covered by the 135,000 donations raised.
In order to abolish Ibar’s life sentence, two of the three judges The court hearing your appeal must agree. There is no deadline for doing this. Estimation of the Spanish prisoner team, It will take months for the decision to be announced.Maybe up to a year. “I think the discussions went well and we are in the best position,” Nascimento said. Time will show us.