The judge carefully explained the legal definitions of murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, and manslaughter. With that, he gave the case to the jury. Ninety minutes later, the jury returned.
Tag: Joseph Pulero
CONNECTIONS: The murder on Maplewood Avenue — in 1929
The prosecution offered Pulero a deal if he would plead guilty and save the Commonwealth the cost of a trial: They would accept second-degree murder. He refused. He had a plan.