Witchcraft Introduced In Murder Trial

[bloodrayne]

Judge To Decide On Withcraft In Pelosi Trial

The judge in Daniel Pelosi's murder trial today is expected to decide how allegations of magic spells and curses will play a role in the trial.

The mystical twist came on Thursday, when Pelosi's lawyer told the judge that his client's family believed Pelosi's wife, Generosa Ammon, was the devil, and that she had cast a spell on their entire family.

The lawyer, Gerald Shargel of Manhattan, said that several months after Generosa Ammon's first husband, Theodore Ammon, was killed in October 2001, one of Pelosi's sisters spotted a pair of Generosa Ammon's shoes beside a tree outside her home. The sister took this to be a sign that Generosa Ammon had caused the death of a brother, James Pelosi, in March 2002 from a seizure.

The allegations of magic spells and curses set off a flurry of legal parrying that State Supreme Court Justice Robert W. Doyle said he would resolve after seeing legal briefs from both sides.

The bizarre claims came as Shargel began to question Pelosi's sister Barbara Lukert, a prosecution witness, about why Pelosi's relationship with Generosa Ammon had driven a wedge between him and some relatives.

Prosecutor Janet Albertson objected to his question about the spell. The jury was excused for the day, and Lukert was led from the courtroom before a heated exchange erupted between Albertson and Shargel.

Pelosi, who married Generosa Ammon after Theodore Ammon's death, is accused of murder.

[evil_blonde]

Wow, that's a pretty weird one. Where do you get this stuff bloodrayne?

[DraculaInDallas]

Originally posted by evil_blonde
Wow, that's a pretty weird one. Where do you get this stuff bloodrayne?

I think she moonlights as a reporter for "True Crime Magazine" ;) :D