Did You Know?
Dr. Kahlil Jiraki, who claimed that Malice Green died from "blunt force trauma", was the least qualified doctor at the Wayne County Morgue and the least qualified doctor to testify.
Dr. Kahlil Jiraki's boss, Chief Medical Examiner Cassin, examined Green's body and disagreed with Jiraki, saying that he felt cocaine may have played a role in Green's death. This examination was concealed from the defense by the prosecution until Jiraki revealed its occurence during his testimony at the first trial.
Three medical experts, far more highly qualified than Jiraki, testified that Green died from cocaine abuse, and that the cuts on his head were "all superficial, and could not have caused his death."
Dr. Jiraki did not testify at Walter Budzyn's retrial due to mental illness, but this was not revealed to the jurors. Jiraki was fired from the Wayne County Morgue shortly after the first trial. He was accused of being mentally unstable and not showing up for work.
Jiraki later won a large settlement in a lawsuit against the Morgue saying that he had been fired because he refused to change his opinion in the Malice Green case.
Dr. Michael Baden, the only medical expert at the trial, who agreed with Jiraki, has a history of testifying against police officers.
Dr. Baden was fired from his prestigious position as the Chief Medical Examiner for New York City, in part because of "poor judgment" in a police in-custody death case.
Dr. Michael Baden was the only medical expert who was personally paid ($10,000) for his testimony. It appears that he is often called to testify in high profile cases. Recently he was paid $100,000 dollars for his testimony on behalf of O.J.Simpson.
Dr. Baden told a conference of pathologists earlier this year, 1997, that he based his determination in the Green case on particular information that the other pathologists did not consider. This information was non-medical and FALSE.
About Homicide Officer Monica Childs:
Jiraki told the court that Homicide officer Monica Childs told him that police had "beaten" Green with flashlights before the autopsy. Monica Childs testified that she did not. Somebody is lying.
Shortly after the Green incident, Monica Childs was heard skipping down the hall at Homicide with a baggie she believed contained skull fragments from Green. She was heard saying, "We got 'em, we got 'em!"
According to court testimony, Childs tried to get three different experts to verify her belief that these tiny "chips" of material found in Green's car were bone chips. They all told her they were cocaine.
Childs was recently quoted in the paper as saying, "I hated the police, so I became the police." Maybe she still hates police.
About Sgt. Day from Homicide:
Day testified that he knew Nevers and Budzyn were lying because of the "large amount" of blood he had seen in Green's car. Photographic testimony at the first trial revealed that only a few noticable drops of blood were in the car along with a fine spattering most of which was difficult to see with the naked eye. Why did Day lie? See Walter Budzyn Retrial Review for more about Sgt. Day revealed at the second trial.
About the street witnesses:
The five main eye witnesses were all admitted drug addicts with criminal records. Each had been arrested by Nevers in the past. They all therefore had a motive to lie. A neighbor who testified also had a motive to lie since her brother had recently been arrested by Nevers. See Walter Budzyn Retrial Review for more about the addict witnesses and witness Teresa Pace in particular.
About the prosecutors:
When several of the street witnesses freely admitted on the witness stand at the first trial that they regularly engaged in illegal drug activities and were doing so on the night Green died, Prosecutor Kym Worthy told Judge Crockett she "didn't have enough evidence to prosecute them."
Prosecutor Doug Baker asked Nevers, "If you were afraid Green would get your gun, why didn't you take your gun and throw it away?" The obsurdity of this statement says it all.
About the media:
Until long after the first trial, the media regularly portrayed Nevers and Budzyn as long time regular partners. In reality, they had worked together for only a few days because their regular partners were off.
The media continues to claim that Green was struck on the head "at least 14 times" by police flashlights, yet Dr. Jiraki himself, testified at least 4 times that Green had "only 7" cuts made by a straight cylindrical object. This supports Larry Nevers' own testimony.
Most of the people interviewed near the scene in the first few days were drug addicts and felons who had previously been arrested by Nevers.
The Detroit News claimed that 30 citizens had filed complaints against Nevers in the past. In reality, only 13 citizens had filed complaints and none were ever substantiated. This includes complaints filed against partners of Nevers over a 24 year period.
The newspapers regularly claimed that Nevers had a "history of brutality." See our Profiles page for the truth about Larry Nevers.
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