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John White Speaks Out On Conviction

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Dec 24, 2007 9:10 am US/Eastern

John White Speaks Out On Conviction

Defense Team Plans To Appeal Ruling

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (CBS) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: John White was convicted of killing of a white teenager during a racially charged encounter outside his home.
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People in Long Island are thinking hard about the manslaughter conviction of a Miller Place father who shot a 17-year-old teenager who came to his home. His attorneys have publicly stated that racism plays a huge role in the case, leaving people in the neighborhood sounding off and a father speaking out for the first time.

One day after he was convicted of manslaughter White finally broke his silence to CBS 2 HD.

The characteristically tight-lipped John White walked down the same driveway Sunday, where his life changed dramatically on a summer night in 2006.

"I am not inhuman. I have a very deep feeling for this young man and his family," said White. "I am not inhuman."

A Suffolk County jury found the 54-year-old father guilty of killing Daniel Cicciaro Jr. The 17-year-old came to White's Miller Place house with his friends to confront White's son. An argument erupted, and Cicciaro was killed by White's gun.

White's defense team unsuccessfully argued he was protecting his family from a lynch mob. After the verdict, the Cicciaro family had this to say about Daniel: "e was beautiful, he was not a racist, he was not in a lynch mob.

White's defense team plans to appeal.

"It is a sad day for black people in Suffolk County," said defense attorney Marie Michel. "The justice system does not work for everyone equally."

But not everyone agrees. "I think that they are all pulling the race card and it gets pretty ugly," said Miller Place resident Mark Heyderman.

People who live in the surrounding area have mixed emotions.

"Even if it were reversed - a black kid, white man - I wouldn't want to see anyone take anyone's life away," said Joanne Trinchetto.

The defense team is currently looking at all options for an appeal and currently wondering whether or not a black man can get a fair trial in Suffolk County.

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