On Monday, January 28th, Carolyn Velez (now 20 years old) took the witness stand in the trial of Paul Bergrin. She explained to the federal jury how in the early 2000s, when she was only 9 years old, Bergrin had helped to isolate, frighten, and coerce her into lying about her father’s stabbing of her… Continue Reading
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Retrial for Paul Bergrin Begins Today
The retrial is set to begin today in the Federal Courthouse (Newark) for Paul Bergrin, the once-prominent Newark defense lawyer, accused of ordering the murder of a federal drug informant in 2004. Bergrin’s last trial ended in a hung jury more than 400 days ago, after Bergrin raged that he was being set up by… Continue Reading