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Prosecutors said the men had been wrongfully convicted in two separate cases, one of which involved a detective linked to the false confessions of the “Central Park Five.”

After “exhaustive” investigations by her Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU), Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz filed motions on Aug. 24 with defense

Dallas County had the first Conviction Integrity Unit in the country. So, what happened to the exonerations?

Shamel Capers was convicted at the age of 16 of a murder he insisted he did not commit. On Thursday, the conviction was thrown out after the discovery of exonerating evidence.

Wrongly-imprisoned Queens man freed for murder of teen after eight years in prison

BASTROP — Defense attorneys for Rodney Reed continued to call witnesses to the stand Tuesday to bolster their theory that it was not Reed who killed 19-year-old Stacey Stites over two decades ago, but rather her fiancé, Jimmy Fennell.   The testimony shared this week was not presented during Reeds trial in the late 1990s in which he was convicted of capital murder, and instead was part of the evidence Reeds lawyers presented to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in 2019, prompting the...

Charges Against George Bell, Rohan Bolt And Gary Johnson Dismissed After Men Spent Over 24 Years In Prison Following Wrongful Convictions Hearing to be Held Tomorrow, Friday, June 4, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. ET in Queens Findings Underscore Egregious Misconduct Carried Out by Former Queens District Attorneys Office News provided by Share this article Share this article QUEENS, N.Y., June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- George Bell, Rohan Bolt and Gary Johnson, who were wrongfully convicted of a double murder...

File Photo “As the chief law enforcement officer of Queens County, I cannot stand behind these convictions in light of the Brady violations that my Conviction Integrity Unit identified,” DA Katz said. By Forum Staff Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz on Friday announced the filing of a joint motion with defense counsel to vacate the convictions of George Bell, Gary Johnson, and Rohan Bolt, who were convicted of the Dec. 21, 1996, murders of Ira “Mike” Epstein and NYPD Police Officer ...

NYC judge slams prosecutor’s office behind the wrongful homicide convictions of three men Three men were released from prison on Friday after the Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU) in the Queens, New York, District Attorney’s Office found that they had been wrongfully convicted of double homicide. George Bell, Gary Johnson and Rohan Bolt were found guilty in the 1996 murders of Ira “Mike” Epstein and off-duty NYPD Officer Charles Davis during the armed robbery of a cash-checking store. “...

Judge vacates 24-year-old double murder conviction of 3 New York men By (0) Three men were freed from New Yorks Green Haven Correctional Facility this week after serving 24 years for two homicides. A judge ruled that prosecutors obscured evidence that others may have committed the murders. Image via Google Satellite March 6 (UPI) -- Three New York men were released from prison Friday after a judge declared they were wrongfully convicted of two murders nearly 25 years ago. George Bell, Rohan B...