Zarinsky denies new murder charges

[voyager35]

Any thoughts on this guy? Innocent till proven guilty? Where's the justice for the victims?


Suspected serial killer Robert Zarinsky looking frail and gaunt was wheeled on a gurney into a packed Monmouth County courtroom today ago to face murder charges relating to 13-year-old Jane Durrua's brutal death in November 1968.
"I am absolutely not guilty of this offense," Zarinsky, who was strapped to the gurney and breathing with the aid of an oxygen tube, said in a surprisingly strong voice.
Zarinsky asked for a public defender but Superior Court Judge Bette Uhrmacher said "no," not until she can find out whether $126,000 in an attorney account is available to him.
Durrua was beaten and raped and left on the side of abandoned railroad tracks in Middletown. She was on her way home to her sister's house when she was killed Nov. 4, 1968.
DNA evidence linked Zarinsksy, 67, to the girl's death.
Zarinsky has been in prison since his 1975 conviction for killing Rosemary Calandriello, an Atlantic Highlands teenager.

[clamchucker]

This guy killed a NJ policeman. He lied about it for years. Then the widow almost lost her house to him in a court case. What kind of justice is that. DNA evidence links him to that girl. The best justice would be to keep him alive, and torture him every day. Oh, I forgot. We are the society that says torture is wrong.

[cracklepopper]

Feel sad for the officer's widow. One of the families just sued him in civil court. No punishment is good enough for him.

[surferman]

Zarinsky gets a public defender even though he has $126,000 in his attorney escrow account. Judge said since this account is frozen he is entitled to a public defender.

The only good thing about this case is that Zarinsky is terminally ill with less than 6 months to live.