Juju Chang

Somewhere between distraught and stunned, Doreen and her PI Salpeter look on as the judge concludes there was no deal and that the jailhouse informant never benefited for testifying.

Somewhere between distraught and stunned, Doreen and her PI Salpeter look on as the judge concludes there was no deal and that the jailhouse informant never benefited for testifying.

Somewhere between distraught and stunned, Doreen and her PI Salpeter look on as the judge concludes there was no deal and that the jailhouse informant never benefited for testifying.

But the battle's not over. Attorney Bedereau counterattacks by firing yet another legal salvo, appealing the judge's decision. Is there any way that you're blinded by your mother's love and you're not seeing something about what happened that night?

But the battle's not over. Attorney Bedereau counterattacks by firing yet another legal salvo, appealing the judge's decision. Is there any way that you're blinded by your mother's love and you're not seeing something about what happened that night?

But the battle's not over. Attorney Bedereau counterattacks by firing yet another legal salvo, appealing the judge's decision. Is there any way that you're blinded by your mother's love and you're not seeing something about what happened that night?

Then, this February, in the waning days of a long, cold New York winter, an unexpected phone call from her son's lawyer.

Then, this February, in the waning days of a long, cold New York winter, an unexpected phone call from her son's lawyer.

Then, this February, in the waning days of a long, cold New York winter, an unexpected phone call from her son's lawyer.

In a stunning decision, a panel of four appellate judges unanimously overturned her son's conviction. The judges conclude that in fact, Nicolazzi had committed a clear violation of court rules that she had helped to veto and should have told the defense. Doreen has seemingly won her 13-year-long legal campaign. So why hasn't she finally been reunited with her son?

In a stunning decision, a panel of four appellate judges unanimously overturned her son's conviction. The judges conclude that in fact, Nicolazzi had committed a clear violation of court rules that she had helped to veto and should have told the defense. Doreen has seemingly won her 13-year-long legal campaign. So why hasn't she finally been reunited with her son?

In a stunning decision, a panel of four appellate judges unanimously overturned her son's conviction. The judges conclude that in fact, Nicolazzi had committed a clear violation of court rules that she had helped to veto and should have told the defense. Doreen has seemingly won her 13-year-long legal campaign. So why hasn't she finally been reunited with her son?

Don't you come home when you're presumed innocent? Why is John Juca still in jail? When 2020 returns. It might be springtime on Stratford Road in Brooklyn, but for Doreen Quinn Giuliano, it's been looking a lot like Christmas.

Don't you come home when you're presumed innocent? Why is John Juca still in jail? When 2020 returns. It might be springtime on Stratford Road in Brooklyn, but for Doreen Quinn Giuliano, it's been looking a lot like Christmas.

Don't you come home when you're presumed innocent? Why is John Juca still in jail? When 2020 returns. It might be springtime on Stratford Road in Brooklyn, but for Doreen Quinn Giuliano, it's been looking a lot like Christmas.

Yes. Waiting? Waiting. And Doreen is still waiting for her son to come home, even despite that appellate panel's unanimous decision to throw out John Juca's murder conviction. Why? Because the Brooklyn DA is appealing that court's decision and asked another judge to deny bail, keeping him locked up while they decide whether to retry him.

Yes. Waiting? Waiting. And Doreen is still waiting for her son to come home, even despite that appellate panel's unanimous decision to throw out John Juca's murder conviction. Why? Because the Brooklyn DA is appealing that court's decision and asked another judge to deny bail, keeping him locked up while they decide whether to retry him.

Yes. Waiting? Waiting. And Doreen is still waiting for her son to come home, even despite that appellate panel's unanimous decision to throw out John Juca's murder conviction. Why? Because the Brooklyn DA is appealing that court's decision and asked another judge to deny bail, keeping him locked up while they decide whether to retry him.

Former prosecutor Anna Siga Nicolazzi declined to speak with 2020, and the current DA declined to talk to us as well.

Former prosecutor Anna Siga Nicolazzi declined to speak with 2020, and the current DA declined to talk to us as well.