Oakland police Det. Phong Tran admitted to paying the woman around $2,000, but claimed most of that was after the murder trial had already concluded.
OAKLAND — Two men who’d been convicted of murder and sentenced to life were quietly released from prison last year, after a key witness in their trial signed a sworn declaration accusing an Oakland detective of paying her tens of thousands of dollars to lie on the stand.
Oakland police did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Neither has the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office.— centers on the 2011 fatal shooting of Charles Butler Jr., a 23-year-old recent graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy who was allegedly gunned down while arguing with his killers about a parking spot near his North Oakland home. Giovonte Douglas, 31, and 34-year-old Cartier Hunter, were arrested three years later.
“I feel very guilty about testifying that I saw the shooting and that Mr. Douglas was involved,” Weber’s declaration says. “It tears me up. I think about it during Christmas and other holidays. For five years, I have lived with lying against Mr. Douglas. It has been terrible. My decision to come forward now is to make it right.”
Court papers filed by Douglas’ appeal attorney, Matthew Dalton, indicate these payments were never disclosed to the defense by Tran or by the trial prosecutor, Deputy District Attorney Butch Ford. A sworn declaration by Douglas’ trial attorney, Paul Feuerwerker, wrote in court papers he had been led to believe the woman came to police willingly to assist with the investigation.
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