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Man Jailed For Murder Of NY Football Coach Has Conviction Overturned Nearly 30 Years Later Man Jailed For Murder Of NY Football Coach Has Conviction Overturned Nearly 30 Years Later
Man Jailed For Murder Of NY Football Coach Has Conviction Overturned Nearly 30 Years Later A man convicted in the murder of an assistant football coach at Hofstra University on Long Island has been set free after spending more than three decades in prison. Acting State Supreme Court Justice Patricia Harrington ordered a new trial for Nassau County resident Christopher Ellis, age 51, of Hempstead on Monday, Aug. 9.  Ellis was convicted in 1993 of the second-degree murder of 25-year-old Harry Joseph Healy on Saturday, Sept. 29, 1990, by a jury based on testimony from a single eyewitness and without forensic or physical evidence. The judge made the ruling after Ellis’ attorney…

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Man Nabbed In Stabbing Of Popular Fairfield County Barber Man Nabbed In Stabbing Of Popular Fairfield County Barber
Man Nabbed In Stabbing Of Popular Fairfield County Barber It only took police hours to nab a man who had allegedly critically stabbed a popular barber while working at his North Avenue shop. Alexander Gabriel, 22, who was recently released from prison, was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 2, by Bridgeport Police. Officers responded to the Evolutions Barbershop on a report of a stabbing, according to Scott Appleby, director of the Bridgeport Police Office of Emergency Management & Homeland Security. Once on the scene, they found the victim with severe stab wounds. The knife used in the attack.Bridgeport Police Department Gabriel, of Bridgeport…

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