Only in NY could something like this happen!
Who’s minding the store?
Maybe he can hang his own jury.
Why he seems like the perfect New York juror, isn’t there some poor schlep who defended himself, that needs to be convicted?
"The third eyewitness, Laffer's wife, is a known junkie and a liar - she might just be trying to get back at her husband."
"Laffer is a military veteran with a spotless record."
"There is no DNA, and the one fingerprint they have is meaningless: it was Laffer's local drugstore, he could have touched that piece of paper days before, or the killer could have planted it there."
"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, there is a lot of reasonable doubt here. Ignore this laughing guy and vote to acquit."
Jose Baez, July 4, 2012.
Maybe this is what they refer to as a jury of your peers.