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Update: 8/26/20

Sentencing was postponed due to alleged jury misconduct and potential new evidence.

  • four jurors — two deliberating and two alternates — alleged in sworn statements that they discussed the case among themselves before deliberations had begun.
  • two motorists who witnessed the crash say the Scouts were walking in the roadway and not on the shoulder of the road before the crash.

State Supreme Court Justice Fernando Camacho Camacho has delayed sentencing and scheduled a hearing for mid-Sept.

more at source link: 

https://www.newsday.com/long-island/crime/boy-scouts-killed-murphy-dwi-crash-1.48596960

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Update July26, 2023:

Today, a state appeals court has denied a new trial for Thomas Murphy, 62, who was convicted of killing Scout Andrew McMorris and injuring two other teens  in 2018. The four-judge panel of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division in Brooklyn upheld the conviction Wednesday, ruling that each of Murphy’s claims is “without merit.”

Murphy's attorney said that his client will now seek to have the case reviewed by the New York State Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court.

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https://www.newsday.com/long-island/crime/boy-scouts-death-thomas-murphy-conviction-pi312pl9

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Update Oct 6, 2023

"Judge Michael J. Garcia of the New York Court of Appeals denied an application filed by Thomas Murphy's defense team seeking to have his conviction overturned after previously being denied by a lower appeals court. The court gave no reason for the denial."

“We feel relief that the verdict has been upheld and we have found justice for Andrew and Troop 161,” Alisa McMorris, Andrew's mother, said Thursday. “For our family there is still an emptiness we feel each day. Andrew will never walk through that door again. He will not graduate with his friends this coming June, and there is a deafening silence that echoes from his empty room.”

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https://www.newsday.com/long-island/crime/thomas-murphy-conviction-andrew-mcmorris-l7oxjf7a

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