During the 1996 murder trial of Michael Jordan's dad, James Jordan, the suspected killer had been identified as Daniel Green, and he was found to be guilty. However, now new information concerning withheld evidence has been brought to light, which shows that Green may be innocent.
That is to say, retired Judge Gregory Weeks, who oversaw the case of the tragic killing of Jordan Sr., has come forward and asked parole officials to release Green, who was originally charged with the crime.
According to TMZ, Weeks believes key evidence was concealed in the investigation, as a forensic blood expert failed to disclose findings during the trial of whether the tests she ran from inside the vehicle came back negative or inconclusive for blood.
With this in mind, revealing this could have casted doubt that Green was guilty in the botched robbery case.
In view of the tragedy, 56-year-old James was gunned down on July 23, 1993, while sleeping in his car on the side of a North Carolina highway. At the time, prosecutors accused Green of being the one held responsible for the taking the life of Michael Jordan's father.
Green, who was 18 at the time and is now 49 years old, admitted to helping dispose of the body in a South Carolina swamp, 60 miles away from Jordan's parked Lexus. Yet, Green maintained his claims, that he had nothing to do with the killing. As according to Green, his childhood friend named Larry Demery, the co-defendant in the case, is actually the one who approached him, asking for assistance in hiding the body (seemingly their roles in the crime were swapped at the original trial).
In a previous letter written, Green expressed contrition regarding his involvement, "Every day I live with the remorse and the pain and the suffering caused by my youthful decisions. I regret the harm my actions inflicted on the Jordan family."
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He has been serving out his life-sentence at Southern Correctional Institute in Troy, North Carolina. Regarding Judge Weeks coming forth now, Green may be a free man in the near future.
"It speaks volumes about this case, and I'm overwhelmingly grateful," Green told ABC.
Parole officials looking over this case will now discuss the next steps of Green's release.
Weeks told the state parole commission, that out of all the trials he has ever presided over, he "had never been haunted in such a manner as he was haunted by this case."
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