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November 17, 2022
The convictions were connected to eight members of the N.Y.P.D. who “abused their positions of power,” according to the Manhattan district attorney, and came amid hundreds of other dismissals by city prosecutors.
June 13, 2022
“The racism of all of this was palpable and most assuredly the fact that most of the victims of false convictions, an overwhelming number, are Black men,” Attorney Richard Emery said.
April 22, 2021
Man Who Spent 17 Years Behind Bars Has Murder Conviction Overturned Because His Lawyer Didn’t Contact at Least Five Possible Defense Witnesses Adam Klasfeld Nearing two decades behind bars for a murder that he claims he did not commit, James Davis told an appeals court that he gave his attorney the names of six people who attended the party where the shooting occurred and would support his alibi. Davis said that he knows his then-lawyer Joel Medows did not contact five of th...
March 10, 2021
CBS News Three men who claim innocence spent 24 years behind bars. Now, freedom feels "surreal" Last Updated Mar 10, 2021 6:30 PM EST Three men who were just released from prison after spending 24 years behind bars for a crime they say they did not commit are speaking to "CBS This Morning" after a judge overturned their convictions. George Bell, Gary Johnson and Rohan Bolt were each sentenced to at least 50 years for a deadly attempted robbery in New York City. Their lawyers argued th...