Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who is reportedly a serious contender for Kamala Harris’ running mate in the 2024 election, is currently under fire for his ruling in the stabbing death of a woman in 2011, which he, as Attorney General, bizarrely ruled a suicide.
This girl was stabbed multiple times in two back of the head and Josh Shapiro ruled it a suicide
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) August 2, 2024
What was he covering up? https://t.co/VPzKLuFjuW pic.twitter.com/28VBkUAbFr
27-year-old Ellen Greenberg, a first-grade teacher, was found in her apartment on Jan 26, 2011, having been stabbed 20 times, including 10 stab wounds to the back of the neck.
Philadelphia Medical Examiner Marlon Osbourne initially ruled the death a homicide, but police publicly protested to the ruling, as her apartment door was locked from the inside, and her boyfriend, who said he had found her after breaking down the door, was uninjured, having no defensive wounds, per Fox29.
After receiving pushback, Osbourne switched the ruling to suicide without further explanation.
Greenberg’s parents have long fought the death ruling, alleging that the investigation was mishandled, and have sought to have it changed back to homicide.
The city of Philadelphia has objected to these attempts, alleging that state law “makes clear that a medical examiner can be wrong as to the manner of death yet cannot be compelled to change it.”
Greenberg’s parents pushed for reviews of the death several times, but each time, the Pennsylvania Attorney General, at the time Shapiro, shut down the attempt, reaffirming that the death was a suicide, once in 2019, and once again in 2022, per CBS News.
Meet Ellen Greenberg, a young woman who was stabbed 10x in the chest and 10x in the back by a vicious criminal 2011
— George (@BehizyTweets) August 2, 2024
Kamala's running mate Josh Shapiro ruled that it was a suicide when he reviewed it as Pennsylvania Attorney General
A neuropathologist hired by the city of… pic.twitter.com/3TWhQVCwsY
Now, however, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has picked up the case, much to the joy of Greenberg’s parents, as well as others who have long questioned the ruling.
On Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court stated in an order that it would consider whether “executors and administrators of an estate have standing to challenge an erroneous finding recorded on the decedent’s death certificate where that finding constitutes a bar or material impediment to recovery of victim’s compensation, restitution or for wrongful death, as well as private criminal complaints.”
Joseph Podraza, lawyer for the Greenbergs, said in a statement to the Philadelphia Inquirer that the family was “elated” by the Supreme Court’s decision to take the case, and were moved to tears at the news.
“I’m extremely pleased, too, and a little surprised, given how hard it is to have a case accepted for review by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court,” Podraza said. “The court can only take a very small fraction [of cases] and then only those which impact Pennsylvanians across the state.”
“We couldn’t be happier. If we’re not going to use the word ‘justice,’ we’re going to use the words ‘undecided’ or ‘homicide’ because that’s what we believe this is — a homicide,” said Joshua Greenberg, Ellen’s father, in a call with CBS News. “Ellen was brutally murdered.”
Source: www.resistthemainstream.com
