Opponents say guilty verdict was fair. Budzyn, Nevers supporters say 'real trial' needed in Malice Green case.
Opponents say guilty verdict was fair.
Civil rights leaders gathered Saturday at Detroit's Lewis College of Business to rally opposition to the higher court's May 7 decision to hear arguments for another trial. A second trial could overturn the officers' 1993 second-degree murder convictions. Discuss the case and the verdict with community groups such as churches and block clubs. Lawyers for Budzyn and Nevers argued in their appeal that the convictions were marred by medical evidence that Green's death might have been drug-induced. Among other reasons, they argued that the jury was biased after watching footage of the Rodney King beating during a break in the trial.