Frothy Paradise

“Mixed in with the 2:30 a.m. melee outside Noche Nightclub in Palm Beach Gardens, the 24-year-old Fusco joined in the beating of Chris Bell, she said. Kari Kryda repeatedly told a detective she was certain she saw Fusco — whom she knew from high school — kicking Bell in the head and torso.  At 2:30 a.m. on Nov. 8, however, Joe Fusco was nowhere near Noche Nightclub. That fact is documented in a host of records from a cell phone, a SunPass transponder, a credit card and purchase receipt. In addition, in sworn affidavits, five people present at the beating said Joe Fusco wasn’t there, and five others said they were with Fusco at the time. With him, in Eastman, Ga. — on a hunting trip where Fusco had spent the entire weekend.”

Yet another story about mistaken eyewitness identifications. The story goes on to note, “Mistaken IDs are far and away the leading cause of wrongful convictions in the United States. Nearly three out of every four prisoners who have been released after being exonerated by DNA evidence had an eyewitness identifying them.”