Gilgo Beach Murder Suspect Seeks Multiple Trials

Accused murderer Rex Heuermann requested numerous separate trials for the seven women he was charged with killing at New York’s Gilgo Beach, the New York Post reported Wednesday.

Heuermann’s lawyers claim that if the murders are tried together, he could be unfairly convicted due to a “cumulative effect.”

“Much of the evidence will involve lengthy testimony, multiple exhibits and be of a technical nature,” Heuermann lawyer Sabato Caponi wrote in court papers Wednesday, according to Newsday. “A trial encompassing all 10 counts would unjustifiably create a strong risk that the jury will be unable to segregate the evidence by its separate and distinct relevance to each individual incident.”

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