Author: jjr2143 (Nate Rawlings)

Minutes after sending the jury back to deliberate after instructing them to continue their deliberations, Judge Patricia Di Mango received a note from the jury foreperson. “Your honor,” the note said, “one of the jurors refuses to deliberate. What do we do?” Di Mango asked the jurors if they thought that they could return in...

The jury deciding the fate of Keith Phoenix, who stands charged with second degree murder as a hate crime in the beating death of Ecuadorian immigrant Jose Sucuzhanay, is deadlocked. The Jury foreperson delivered a note to Judge Patricia Di Mango just after 7 p.m. “Your Honor, we are at an impasse over a single...

Hakim Scott was found not guilty of 2nd degree murder as a hate crime. He was found guilty of manslaughter in the 1st degree. Nate Rawlings will follow up-stay tuned.

The jury for Hakim Scott, the first defendant in the hate crimes trial, reached a verdict at 3:06 pm. Nate Rawlings is in court. Stay tuned.

A Brooklyn jury is now deliberating whether or not Hakim Scott, 26, is guilty of murder in the second degree as a hate crime for the death of Ecuadorian immigrant Jose Sucuzhanay. Closing arguments finished this afternoon with the prosecution arguing that Scott was the instigator of the attack against 31-year-old Sucuzhanay, while the defense...

Moments ago, the prosecution finished its closing argument in the trial against Hakim Scott for his role in the alleged hate-crime murder of an Ecuadorian immigrant. Assistant District Attorney Patricia McNeill told jurors that Scott played an integral role in the death of Jose Sucuzhanay on December 7, 2008. “Who was the first one out of...

The defense for Hakim Scott has concluded its closing arguments in the alleged hate-crime murder of Ecuadorian immigrant Jose Sucuzhanay. Scott’s attorney Craig Newman told jurors that Scott hit Sucuzhanay once with a Budweiser beer bottle but had no intent to seriously harm him. Newman told jurors that it was Scott’s friend and co-defendant Keith...

The trial of the two men accused of murdering Jose Sucuzhanay resumes today. Prosecutors and attorneys for Keith Phoenix and Hakim Scott are scheduled to give their closing arguments before the jury decides the case. The Ink’s Jeannette Neumann will be providing the blow by blow–stay tuned.

Websites and blogs dedicated to opposing the Atlantic Yards project have published myriad opinions on Daniel Goldstein’s $3 million payout to vacate his apartment. Brooklyn Speaks, a website advocating that Atlantic Yards must work for the people of Brooklyn says, “Daniel Goldstein has made a tremendous contribution to increasing public awareness of the issues of...