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Given a case with no forensic evidence and prosecution witnesses with shady histories, a jury Monday found Larry Johnson not guilty of murder in the 2011 shooting death of Edward Andrew Thompson.
The 12 Superior Court jurors needed just 2½ hours to reach their decision. They also found Johnson, 34, of 121 Pine St., not guilty of carrying a pistol without a permit.
Thompson, 37, was shot in front of dozens of witnesses in the middle of Grand Avenue on Oct. 13, 2011, at about...

Hernandez former pal has testified before grand jury.

Edward Andrew Thompson’s former girlfriend testified Tuesday a man in a bar told her that he, not defendant Larry Johnson, killed Thompson because Thompson had stolen cocaine from him.
The girlfriend was a prosecution witness but defense attorney Norm Pattis seized on her statement to police that she had the barroom conversation a week after Thompson’s death.
Johnson, 34, is charged with murdering Thompson, who was 37, on Grand Avenue Oct. 13, 2011. He also is charged...

Today's show was triggered by a confluence.

"Orange Is The New Black," a Netflix series based on Piper Kerman's memoir of a year spent at the Danbury federal women's prison, has become a favorite of critics and audiences.

Meanwhile, federal corrections officials have been pursuing a plan to convert Danbury back to a men's prison. Kerman took to the op-ed page of the New York Times to oppose the plan and to enlighten us about the importance of family contact to prisoner and...

An attorney for the Meriden man accused of murdering a city teen over a pair of sneakers said he’ll bring a suspect to the stand next week that he believes actually fired the shot that killed 18-year-old Issacc Smith.
“I intend to call the person we think is responsible for the shooting,” said Attorney Norm Pattis, who represents Jonathan Gibbs, the man charged with murder in the case.
Pattis made the statement following his client’s appearance in New Britain Superior Court...

Dr. Edwin Njoku's attorney Norm Pattis answers questions from the media outside the Harford Superior Court Thursday afternoon.

A woman who said she was raped by her doctor in his East Hartford exam room broke down on the witness stand Tuesday as a defense attorney worked to chip away at her credibility.
Attorney Norman Pattis continued his cross examination of the woman during the second day of the trial of Edwin Njoku. Through his questioning, Pattis painted a picture of an accuser who is suicidal, schizophrenic and has experienced hallucinations.
He also strongly suggested that the woman consented to...

Norm Pattis talks about the George Zimmerman Trial on WPUL's Express Yourself radio show.

George Zimmerman not guilty - What's next for this case?

When the bombs went off at the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon on Monday, many jumped to what seemed the obvious conclusion: terrorism.
By charging 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill and injure, the federal government has sent a clear message.
"They want to kill him," says Norman Pattis, a criminal defense attorney and author of the just released "Juries and Justice". "That's a death eligible offense. Massachusetts repealed the...