The View’s Sunny Hostin Reveals She Was the ‘Holdout Juror’ in Daniel Rakowitz’s 1991 Murder Trial
Hostin said 11 jurors eventually found Daniel Rakowitz not criminally responsible by reason of insanity after she held out against a guilty verdict.
- On Tuesday, ABC host Hostin revealed she was the holdout juror in the Daniel Rakowitz trial during The View's Hot Topics segment discussing the Lindsay Clancy mistrial.
- Before becoming a law student, Hostin served on the jury for Rakowitz, known as 'The Butcher of Tompkins Square Park,' who murdered his roommate Monika Beerle.
- Sequestered for nine days, Hostin admitted one juror threw a chair at her during deliberations; she convinced all 12 jurors to vote that Rakowitz was not criminally responsible by reason of insanity.
- Hostin noted she feels 'strongly' about her holdout juror role, adding that Rakowitz remains in a mental institution being treated rather than imprisoned.
- Discussing the Lindsay Clancy case, which ended in mistrial when one juror refused to acquit, Hostin noted she sides with the 11 jurors prepared to clear Clancy of criminal responsibility.
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The View’s Sunny Hostin Reveals She Was the ‘Holdout Juror’ in Daniel Rakowitz’s 1991 Murder Trial
Sunny Hostin shocked her The View cohosts when she revealed that she was the “holdout juror” in “Butcher of Tompkins Square Park” Daniel Rakowitz’s highly publicized murder trial in 1991. Hostin, 57, made the admission while discussing Lindsay Clancy’s trial during the Tuesday, September 22, episode of The View. “I was a holdout juror in […]
A Mass. murder mistrial led to this stunning revelation from a TV host
A recent mistrial in a high-profile Massachusetts murder case prompted “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin to reveal a harrowing piece of personal history.During Tuesday’s episode of the talk show, Hostin shared that she was once a lone holdout juror who convinced 11 others to return a not guilty by reason of insanity verdict in a notorious 1991 New York City murder trial.
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Sunny Hostin Brags That She Was Holdout Juror Who Kept 'The Butcher of Tompkins Square Park' Out of Prison
The View co-host Sunny Hostin stunned her colleagues this week when she revealed that she was the holdout juror in the infamous 1991 trial of Daniel Rakowitz, the so-called “Butcher of Tompkins Square Park,” and said she eventually convinced the rest of the jury to find him not criminally responsible by reason of insanity. The […]
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