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It's been 25 years since Michael Jordan's father James Jordan was murdered in North Carolina and suddenly the case is back in the spotlight.
Daniel Green and Larry Demery were both given life sentences for their roles in the murder, but Green and his defense team are hoping some new evidence will make a superior court judge reconsider his sentence according to Dan Wiederer of the Chicago Tribune:
“Green's defense team hopes to present new evidence that they contend will show that the blood evidence and testimony were misrepresented at the original trial; that a bullet hole found in Jordan's shirt is suspect; and that there were failures by the prosecution to properly disclose information that would have connected the sheriff's drug-trafficking biological son to the investigation.”
Green admitted to helping move the body after the murder but denies pulling the trigger or being present when Jordan's father was killed.
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If Green was convicted of accessory to the murder that would carry a maximum sentence of ten years, instead of the life sentence that he is now serving.
Prosecutor Johnson Britt doesn't think Green has much of a case, and that there is little chance it will get overturned.
“I just think that's his personality,” Britt told Wiederer. “He's never going to own up to what he did. He's never going to own up to what the jury said he did. He just won't accept it.”
After the murder, Jordan did decide to retire for a bit and take time away from the game just to get his mind right.
