Emel Mcdowell News Today

Emel McDowell was 17 years old when he was wrongfully arrested for the murder of Jonathan Powell after a fight at a Bedford-Stuyvesant house party.

McDowell stood trial and was convicted of murder and possession of weapons after a police investigation that lasted less than 24 hours "despite conflicting

Police took less than 24 hours to investigate the shooting, which happened during a chaotic fight at a Bedford-Stuyvesant house party.