
October 15, 1996
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Narves Gammage on what she believes happened to her son on October 11, 1995. |
October 18, 1996

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NAACP speaks out on Judge Cashman's decision to declare a mistrial in the trial of
Officer Mulholland and Patrolman Michael G. Albert.
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On October 15, 1996, court
proceedings began for two of the officers charged in the death of motorist Jonny Gammage.
Common Pleas Judge David R. Cashman issued a gag order prohibting anyone who was to
testify in the case to speak to the media. On October 17,
1996, Judge Cashman became enraged concerning an ABC Good Morning America interview with
forensic pathologist Dr. Cyril H. Wecht, a former coroner who is now
coroner-elect who testified at the inquest on the family's behalf, and stated
Gammage's Death was the result of "positional asphyxia." |