McCool Secures Dismissal of Murder Charge against D.C. Nightclub Owner

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/05/AR2010110505333.html

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/All-Charges-Dropped-in-DC9-Death-106782343.html

https://wjla.com/news/crime/man-found-dead-in-northwest-21726

William Spieler, the owner of DC9, a nightclub in Washington, D.C., was charged with murder, after Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier announced to the television media that Mr. Spieler and others had beaten a man to death. Steven McCool, who represented Mr. Spieler, professed Mr. Spieler’s innocence from the outset of the government’s investigation. After the District’s medical examiner’s office found no injuries consistent with a brutal beating, the charges were dropped as prosecutors acknowledged the “evidence did not support the case.” In addressing the murder charge against his client, Mr. McCool stated that Chief Lanier “at best acted irresponsibly in standing before television cameras and blaming [his] client for Mr. Mohammed’s death.”