Ecuadorian Nelson Serrano was sentenced to death for a quadruple murder in Florida. The defense hopes to present new evidence to the US Justice.
Nelson Serrano, the Ecuadorian sentenced to death in the United States.
The defense of Ecuadorian Nelson Serrano, the prisoner who has spent the longest time on death row in the United States , found 13 new pieces of evidence that he hopes to present before the Justice.
The lawyer Óscar Vela anticipated that most of the evidence has to do with ” concealments made by the Florida Police and the prosecutors in the case.”
These include testimonies proving, for example, that there were other people at the crime scene, the existence of a third weapon, and DNA tests done on a latex glove found at the crime scene.
Among the evidence found were testimonies from Robert Fowler, an ex-convict who, in four statements, said he knew the hitmen allegedly hired by a person from New York with alleged ties to drug trafficking and, apparently, also related to Frank Doso, one of those murdered.
Vela assures that among the documents found there is also a police report that mentions shots from a third weapon.
Retained resources
The so-called Bartow crimes occurred in 1997, in a company in which Serrano was a partner, and for which he was sentenced in 2006 to four death sentences , despite the fact that, according to Vela, it was shown in the trial that he was in prison. Atlanta at the time.
The case is currently “at a standstill,” according to the lawyer. Serrano’s defense filed an appeal for resentence, which has been retained for four and a half years.
“This hearing of the sentence is essential for the death sentence to be confirmed or revoked and given a life sentence,” he explained, noting that, after that, there may be federal habeas, where the 13 new ones are presented. evidence.
