Chanel Lewis, 21, was convicted of murder and sexual abuse and faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Sentencing has been scheduled for April 17.
An image made from video of 30-year-old Karina Vetrano hours before she was killed while jogging in Queens, New York. "I felt that I was getting heat from other jurors to make a decision," he told ABC News. "I thought we were going to continue tomorrow, but after they brought up different points of view I changed my mind."
"The DA sprinkled the sexual assault stuff, but didn't really talk about it -- it wasn't enough to convince me and two other jurors," he said. "Everyone agreed with the DNA [evidence], others were agreeing on the footage, but some had feelings about the video footage. ... I kept thinking about Steven Avery from 'Making a Murderer.' You know, then you hear about cases of people spending 30 years in jail and they didn't do it? That was in the back of my mind.
Defendant Chanel Lewis, right, is seated at the defense table at Supreme Court in the Queens Borough of New York, during the sixth day of his re-trial for the murder of Karina Vetrano, March 26, 2019.
They need to reevaluate this one. WTF needs glasses?! Her killer still free! 😕
Animal
they got their hang man. Very sketchy verdict i could see this being overturned while hes already dead a year or 2 later. I know howard beach extremely well(911 dialed as soon as a black person is seen)this will come back to the family and officials thirsty for a quick outcome.
they got their hang man. Very sketchy verdict i could see this being overturned while hes already dead a year or 2 later. I know howard beach extremely well(911 dialed as soon as a black person i seen)this will come back to the family and officials thirsty for a quick outcome.
Good evil sob no need to kill one for no reason. Hope u get what u deserve in prison !!
And will Probably be released on his on cognizance in a week or so because law abiding citizens are the real problem.
I'm sorry but the father seems guilty as hell.
Not sure if he really did it, this guy is mentally challenged and the way he was discovered brings up a lot of questions. I hope there are investigators looking into this case.
Thank goodness he is locked away 😥