In downtown Cleveland, the case of Aliza Sherman's murder has finally started to unfurl in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. On Tuesday morning, her former divorce attorney Gregory Moore, representing himself as not guilty, stood before a judge for a pre-trial hearing. Sherman was tragically stabbed on March 24, 2013, near Moore's Erieview Plaza office. As reported by Cleveland19, Moore faces a slew of charges, including aggravated murder and conspiracy.
The hearing was set to commence at 9 a.m. and saw the 51-year-old Moore, who has been held on a $2 million bond, face the potential consequences of his alleged actions. According to information obtained by FOX8 News, Moore's indictment came on May 2, following a secret grand jury deliberation. In a system struggling often to quickly hold accountable those accused of violent crimes, Sherman's family had been awaiting this pursuit of justice for a span nearing 12 years.
The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's office has accused Moore of a premeditated crime, in which he supposedly lied to the police and hid evidence post-murder. More distressingly, others allegedly assisted him post the criminal act, with deletions of both surveillance footage from the building and Sherman's voicemails from the building's call box, as per Cleveland19. These claims echo a chilling reminder of how enmeshed the justice system and its actors can become in the very crimes it seeks to dismantle.
The courtroom drama unfolded under the watchful eye of Judge Kira Krivosh and was open for the public to follow through live streams provided by local news outlets like WKYC. The case had been rescheduled from its original June 4 date to today at the defense counsel's request. Moore's assortment of charges includes one count of aggravated murder, one count of conspiracy, and two counts of kidnapping. As the community watches, they await to finally understand whether justice will be rendered and to see if the scales will tip toward what many hope will manifest as truth and retribution.
