Lawyer: Clear Suge’s name
An attorney for Suge Knight is claiming that Los Angeles detectives have no evidence linking the Death Row Records CEO
to the slaying of Notorious B.I.G. and have falsely identified his client as a key suspect in the case, according to the Los Angeles Times.
"Mr. Knight was never involved in any way in the shooting of Christopher
Wallace, and any information that was provided by the LAPD to the judge
on the affidavit to obtain a search warrant was false," attorney Robin J. Yanes told the Times, adding that the LAPD "needs to either put up or shut up. Either come out
with some evidence against Mr. Knight or clear his name." During an April search of Death Row offices, a Chevrolet Impala was confiscated that police said resembled the killer’s getaway car.
Knight, who is serving a 9-year prison term for an attack on two artists in a Hollywood recording studio, was in jail at the time of the 1997 murder.
Yanes confirmed that police were forced to return the items under court order after failing to uncover any evidence.
"Do you think the police would have ever returned Mr. Knight’s car if
there was any evidence that it had been used in the commission of the
crime?" Yanes said in the interview. "Not a chance. The fact is that vehicle would be
people’s exhibit A in court if they had any real intention of
prosecuting Mr. Knight."
Yanes said the accusations and the subsequent move to a higher security prison has taken its toll on Knight.
"Don’t just leave him hanging and living under the stigma of these false
allegations," he pleaded. "It’s wrong to do that to a person. And it’s had a dramatic
impact on Mr. Knight’s life."
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