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Accused Harvard Student Takes Stand In Own Defense

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Nov 28, 2007 3:30 pm US/Eastern

Accused Harvard Student Takes Stand In Own Defense

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Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Pring-Wilson says he acted in self defense when he fatally stabbed Michael Colono, 18, during a street fight. (File Image)
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A Harvard graduate student accused of stabbing a man to death during a street fight in Cambridge in 2003 took the stand Wednesday in his own defense.

Alexander Pring-Wilson went back on trial earlier this month to persuade the jury he acted in self defense when he stabbed the man to death in April 2003.

Pring-Wilson, now 29 year old, was convicted of manslaughter in his first trial.

Pring-Wilson says he acted in self defense when he fatally stabbed Michael Colono, 18, during a street fight.

The former grad-student's second trial is possible because of a ruling issued by the Supreme Judicial Court five months after he was convicted, that allows juries to consider a victim's violent past if it sheds light on a self-defense claim.

Pring-Wilson's trial, which is expected to last up to one month, is taking place in Middlesex Superior Court.