Judge mulls retrial over new evidence in 2004 Brockton murder

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A Brockton Superior Court judge will decide whether or not a convicted murderer should have a new trial after his lawyers presented new evidence that they say exonerates him almost 20 years later. “If Jonas Francisque does not get a retrial, then there’s no justice in this country and certainly not in this courthouse,” said Lynn Currier, director of Skweda…

A Brockton Superior Court judge will decide whether or not a convicted murderer should have a new trial after his lawyers presented new evidence that they say exonerates him almost 20 years later.

Jonas Francisque was sentenced in 2008 for the fatal stabbing of 22-year-old Mackenzie St. Juste in May of 2004. Police found the victim with a stab wound to his chest after a group fight broke out in the parking lot behind Roman’s Bar, which has since closed. "All these pieces of evidence come together and, in the interest of justice, there should be a new trial here," Harwood said."This is not how justice is supposed to work in this country."

"The bottom line is, the letter was intercepted by jail officials, turned over to the state police and then never even sent on to Mr. Francisque," Harwood told the judge Monday.

 

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