Giuca's biggest supporter since his conviction has been his mother, Doreen Giuliano, who has relentlessly to prove his innocence by proving that there was in fact juror and prosecutorial misconduct. Because it was locked for edits, I was unable to edit Doreen's Wikipedia page, so instead I edited her relevant sections on John Giuca's page.
Original Wikipedia entry:
Jason Allo
Looking for evidence that could win her son a new trial, Giuliano investigated members of the jury.[2] By her account, she recalled a friend of her son's had said he recognized a shaven headed man on the jury. After somehow obtaining details of the jurors' addresses that are not officially available to the defendant, Giuliano targeted Jason Allo. Using the alias "Dee Quinn", Giuliano rented an apartment close to Allo's residence, transformed her appearance, and established a close relationship with him.[4]
Updated Wikipedia entry:Giuliano secretly recorded their conversations. After nearly a year, she had collected audio of Allo allegedly talking of his biased attitudes towards Giuca, and connections to the case that should have disqualified him from serving on the jury.[11]
Jason Allo
Looking for evidence that could win her son a new trial, Giuliano investigated members of the jury.[1] By her account, she recalled a friend of her son's had said he recognized a shaven headed man on the jury. After somehow obtaining details of the jurors' addresses that are not officially available to the defendant, Giuliano targeted Jason Allo. Using the alias "Dee Quinn", Giuliano rented an apartment close to Allo's residence, transformed her appearance, and established a close relationship with him.[2]
Giuliano secretly recorded their conversations. After nearly a year, she had collected audio of Allo allegedly talking of his biased attitudes towards Giuca, and connections to the case that should have disqualified him from serving on the jury.[3]
Doreen had Jason Allo's prejudices towards John Giuca recorded on tape. During the hearing however, the judge dismissed the recordings ruling that they were unreliable.
Undeterred, Doreen tried again to find something from her son's trial that would prove that it was corrupt. This time, Doreen investigated those who testified against her son, starting with John Avitto, Giuca's former cell mate who testified under oath that John told him he committed the murder. While digging through files, Doreen found that the prosecutor on her son's case, Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi, met with Avitto before his testimony against Giuca.
Nicolazzi had struck a deal with Avitto. If he testified against Guica, he would be able to walk free form his unrelated drug charges. Avitto has since recanted his testimony and in February 2018 four judges on the state appellate court agreed to reverse John Giuca's conviction, based on prosecutorial misconduct.
John Giuca remains in prison on Riker's island as he waits his day in the NY State Appellate Court. The judge denied him both release and bail even after his conviction was reversed.Doreen Giuliano's fight to prove her son's innocence is inspiring. After being ridiculed, and told to give up Doreen has never given up hope. She has gone through what some label extreme measures, to her she's just being a mother.
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