he decade NY Daily News By Leslie Crocker Snyder 2/26/2020 Kudos to the Manhattan district attorney's office, and particularly to lead prosecutor Joan Illuzzi-Orbon and her team. As we all recognize, this case was a major challenge. Placing this verdict in historical perspectiveh makes it even more significant.

he Sex Crime Unit began examining the case, as did John "Artie" McConnell, the prosecutor assigned to the case, Ann Prunty, his "second" chair, and Joan Illuzzi-Orbon, the assistant DA who headed the newly-created Hate Crimes unit. The first issue facing this formidable team of prosecutors was bail. Bail is not u