An evening of celebration took a tragic turn in the early morning hours of January 27, 2005, ending the life of 28-year-old Nicole DuFresne, a promising white actress and playwright. DuFresne, her fiancé, and another couple were walking on Clinton Street on Manhattan's Lower East Side after she had finished a shift at a new bartending job. Their cheerful mood was shattered when a group of seven young people confronted them with the intent to rob them.
The encounter quickly escalated when
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