Nelson caused Rosenbaum's death, medical evidence was presented indicating that Rosenbaum had been stabbed four times, of which two of the wounds were fatal. On May 14, 2003, the jury found Nelson guilty of violating Rosenbaum's civil rights, but he was not found to have caused Rosenbaum's death. According to Cornell law professor Sherry Colb, the jury's verdict was "logically incoherent". Rosenbaum's family had filed a malpractice suit against the hospital where he died. The jury was supposed to—but did not—ignore this information in determining Nelson's guilt, reasoning that the hospital and Nelson could not both be guilty. Colb writes that "this line of reasoning can most generously be described as misguided and less generously as stupid." Nelson was subsequently sentenced to the maximum sentence of ten years' imprisonment. He served the full sentence (including time served before his 2003 trial) and was released on June 2, 2004. In a May 2010 interview with the New York Post, Nelson indicated that he had stopped drinking; he said he considered stabbing Rosenbaum a "mistake" he made as "a kid". Political and social reaction According to New York Magazine, Nelson's initial acquittal fueled anger at Mayor David Dinkins, with Dinkins becoming "a surrogate for Lemrick Nelson", in part because of Dinkins's support for the verdict, saying "I have no doubt that in this case the criminal-justice system has operated fairly and openly." According to Edward Shapiro, professor of history at Seton Hall University, "it is possible that David Dinkins would have been re-elected mayor in 1993 had the jury not exonerated Lemrick Nelson on October 29, 1992." Shapiro has called the riot "the most serious anti-Semitic incident in American history". Other incidents After being acquitted of Rosenbaum's murder in 1992, Nelson moved to a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, to live with a half-sister. Aggravated assault and weapon charges (1994) Nelson was charged in January 1994 with aggravated assault for slashing Erik Heard, a high school classmate, because Heard had reported to school officials that Nelson had stolen money from another classmate. When he was arrested on March 5, 1994, Nelson was also charged with carrying a concealed weapon (a scalpel). He pleaded guilty and was convicted on both charges in DeKalb County Superior Court in Decatur, Georgia, in March 1995. He was sentenced to 90–120 days (of which he served 120 days) and three years' probation, and was banished from the State