Gothamist: Cortez Sentenced in Dancer's Death, But Will Appeal

Squash

Tue, 15 May 2007 11:51:15 -0500

Guys I really don't thing he did this. How many points on the print. I live in the south and we execute innocent people here. We are finding out that the belief that a crime of this magnitude must have been created by someone who you know isn't totally true. I can be committed by someone who thinks they know you. The scene looked like a meat processing plant and that much violence one print, get real. There had to be DNA there somewhere. If my fears are correct the danger might still be there.

A. Naloob

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 23:05:35 -0500

I hope EVERY open cavity on his body is 'erotically explored', so to speak.

lifer 4 lif

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:31:07 -0500

You people sound like you have experience with prison life. Don't believe everything you hear. And besides, he's a yoga instructor, he'll just loosen his splinter and that's that. No thrill for anyone. however, yoga can't help with the mouth.

galen

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:00:33 -0500

What a tragic murder. Justice has been served. He's going to make one fine bitch in prison. I bet the convicts are cashing in their cigarettes and lubing up right now! Have a nice life, "sweet ass"!

GuessWhat

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:39:09 -0500

People: if the hair was exculpatory, then the defense would have tested it. They didn't because they knew whose hair it was. In any event - as I said in an earlier post - beyond the fingerprint - the phonecalls.. Dozens of calls a day to her - up to including the hour of her death - and not a single one afterwards, though Cortez claimed he didn't learn of her death for 16 hours. Hopefuly in prison, he becomes some 300lb, HIV-positivie inmate's 'private dancer'.

tasan

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:53:08 -0500

I dont know why, but after reading all the articles, I still have an inkling of a feeling that he might not be truly guilty. My gut tells me he's not necessarily innocent, but it may have been something that went down with that suspicious David Haughn. It may have been a two person job. how the hell did Mr. Cortez get inside the apartment? I think Cortez and Haughn were both in on this, but Haughn took a turn and ratted out on Cortez. Seems irrational but you could imagine right? I guess I'm a little biased because I dislike the police because they're pretty corrupt as civil servants. Haughn cooperating with the authorities doesn't do it much justice either in my mind. I'm pretty curious as to the evidence with the hair thing. How crazy would this situation get if the hair was Haughn's???

Mae West NYC

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:28:35 -0500

MAE WEST always said: "Keep a diary and one day it will keep you." Felonious fake firefighter Peter Braunstein carried his diary as he moved towards a new Hurricane Katrina asylum. ["Geez, I lost my I.D. in the New Orleans flooding, officer!"] Starlet Anna Nicole Smith's childishly written diaries from the 1980s sold at an auction for about one million dollars. Will we be hearing about (or bidding on) Paul Cortez's diary on Ebay shortly? - - come up and see Mae - MaeWest.blogspot.com - -

S.D.

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:38:02 -0500

I think it all came down to that Bloody fingerprint. His excuse for it was lame, at best. I know he has at least one support coming here that believes he innocent, but as I said above, IMO, it all came down to that Bloody fingerprint which I'm certain his buddies will continue to ignore. For Mr. Cortez's sake, I hope he's put in solitary...