A startling development has emerged in a nearly three-decade-old legal proceeding… the judge who managed the homicide trial of Michael Jordan‘s murdered father, James Jordan, has astonishingly requested parole authorities to free the convicted murderer… expressing concerns that the wrong individual might be incarcerated.
Retired Judge Gregory Weeks, who presided over the 1996 murder trial, has submitted a plea to the North Carolina state parole board, urging the body to consider releasing Daniel Green, the man deemed guilty for the slaying of Michael’s father during a failed robbery in the mid-90s.
The justification? Judge Weeks contends that a forensic blood analyst neglected to reveal significant results during the trial… information that could have raised questions about whether Green was guilty of the heinous act.
Weeks asserts that the expert witness failed to inform the court that testing on the blood presumed to be from the car was either negative or inconclusive… evidence he believes could have influenced the trial verdict dramatically.
It’s important to remember that James, aged 56, was tragically shot on July 23, 1993, while resting in his vehicle on the roadside of an NC highway. Prosecutors argued that Green approached the car and fired at Michael’s father, resulting in his death.
Now 49, Green was only 18 when Jordan was murdered, and he is currently serving a life sentence at Southern Correctional Institute in Troy, NC.
“This speaks volumes about the case, and I’m immensely thankful,” Green conveyed to ABC over the phone this week, labeling the judge’s initiative to liberate him as “significant.”
Parole officials are anticipated to deliberate for weeks, or possibly longer, before reaching a decision regarding Green’s potential release in the near future.
Michael has not publicly commented on Judge Weeks’ appeal.