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Stabbing Case
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AMOS FABIAN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

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least one Atlanta Jewish the Anti-Defamation League.
The ADL hopes that Mr.
organization is hoping that
an expected indictment of Heard agrees to testify in feder-
a black DeKalb County al court about his initial claims,
teen on stabbing charges will said Mr. Wittenstein.
"Heard changed his mind once
bring a federal trial for that teen's
alleged role in the 1991 murder — he could again," said Mr. Wit-
of a Chasidic Jew in New York tenstein.
Initiating federal charges is up
City. Such a result is sure to bring
a national spotlight onto the pro- to the U.S. attorney at the Brook-
lyn jurisdiction, which includes
ceedings.
The DeKalb County district at- Crown Heights.
Following the New York City
torney's office will soon ask a
grand jury to indict Lemrick Nel- acquittal, the Justice Department

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WE'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE

son Jr., 18, for the January slash-
ing of a fellow Shamrock High
School student, Erik Heard, 17.
Mr. Nelson was acquitted of
stabbing to death Yankel Rosen-
baum, a Chasidic Jew, in the
wake of the 1991 riots between
blacks and Chasidic Jews in
Crown Heights, New York City.
Before Mr. Rosenbaum died, he
pointed out Mr. Nelson, who was
found with a bloodstained knife,
according to New York City po-
lice.
Mr. Heard initially told some
local reporters that Mr. Nelson
bragged about the New York
stabbing. Mr. Heard has since
discounted such statements.
John Petrey, DeKalb County
chief assistant district attorney,
said his office will seek an in-
dictment shortly.
The expected trial for the
recent alleged incident could
stimulate the U.S. Justice De-
partment to bring federal charges
against Mr. Lemrick for the
Crown Heights murder, accord-
ing to Charles Wittenstein, legal
counsel for the southeast office of

Amos Fabian is a writer for the

Atlanta Jewish Times.

initiated an investigation similar
to the one that followed acquit-
tals of the four policemen who
beat Rodney King in Los Ange-
les.
"Mr. Rosenbaum's civil rights
were violated like Rodney King's,
our basis and comparison for a
federal trial," said Mr. Witten-
stein.
Rabbi Yossi New, director of
Chabad of Georgia, said there is
strong evidence justice was not
served in Crown Heights. "Nel-
son deserved to be locked away
for good," he said.
Rabbi Ruvi New, head of
Chabad of Cobb, hopes to pack
the courtroom with Chabad sup-
porters if Mr. Lemrick stands tri-
al here. He has offered Mr.
Rosenbaum's brother, Norman,
"any help he would ask for."
But, at least for now, not all
Jewish organizations seem will-
ing to pick up that challenge.
The Community Relations
Council of the Atlanta Jewish
Federation, which often coordi-
nates community-wide response
to public issues, will not interfere
with court procedures, according
to Deborah Lauter, the CRC di-
rector. El