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(NewsNation) — The Republican campaigner for Philadelphia territory lawyer promised Friday to bash a afloat reappraisal of the highly publicized Ellen Greenberg lawsuit if he’s elected Nov. 4.
Greenberg is the 27-year-old schoolteacher who was recovered dormant successful her flat successful 2011 with much than 20 stab wounds. The Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office precocious reexamined accusation successful the lawsuit and again classified the death, the taxable of a Hulu docuseries, arsenic a suicide. The ruling has distressed Ellen’s parents, Josh and Sandee Greenberg, who accidental authorities proceed to marque faulty assumptions successful the case.
“There are inactive a ton of questions. We’ve each seen the documentary, we’ve seen radical that are saying, ‘What the heck is going connected here?’” Patrick Dugan, the Republican campaigner for DA, told “CUOMO” connected Friday. “For Ellen and her parents, this needs to beryllium looked astatine again with immoderate caller eyes.”
Dugan said his reappraisal of Greenberg’s decease would see talking with a squad of “seasoned” homicide prosecutors and detectives to find whether to reopen the case.
Ellen Greenberg’s parents, who accidental their daughter's decease was a staged suicide, joined “CUOMO” to respond to Dugan’s promise. Sandee Greenberg said his remarks were “music to our ears” and faulted incumbent DA Larry Krasner for ethical lapses.
Dugan besides has issues with the incumbent, calling him brushed connected crime. He said he’s peculiarly upset astir the caller execution of 23-year-old Kada Scott. The antheral accused successful her death, Keon King, had been charged successful an earlier kidnapping case, but the charges were withdrawn erstwhile the alleged unfortunate did not amusement up to a tribunal hearing.
Krasner said his bureau could person done a amended occupation successful the case, including asking for a higher bail for King.
“This is thing that’s close astatine the feet of Larry Krasner,” said Dugan, who likens Krasner to a “co-conspirator” successful Scott’s murder.
Dugan is simply a erstwhile justice who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic information for DA. After a write-in run aided by Republicans, helium said helium agreed to tally nether the GOP banner.
“I americium urging voters to permission their jerseys astatine home. We don’t request the reddish jerseys, the bluish jerseys, the greenish jerseys. We request radical to travel retired and ballot for the victims,” helium said.
