Queens DA is petitioned by 40,000 people to reopen case of murdered jogger Karina Vetrano amid accusations her convicted killer was coerced into a confession
Some 40,000 people petition Queens County District Attorney Melinda Katz to revisit the conviction of a man sentenced to life for killing of jogger in 2016
Chanel Lewis, 22, was sentenced in April 2019 to life in prison without parole
He was convicted of killing Karina Vetrano, 30, while she was out jogging in Queens, New York in August 2016
Lewis continued to maintain his innocence as he was sentenced, telling the court: I m sorry for the family s loss, but I didn t do this
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Jovan Young, 29, who authorities say fatally shot 10-year-old Justin Wallace, has been charged with murder, according to a news release from the Queens District Attorney's Office.
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QUEENS, N.Y., June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ George Bell, Rohan Bolt and Gary Johnson, who were wrongfully convicted of a double murder in Queens and incarcerated for more than 24 years, were notified today that Queens District Attorney ( DA ) Melinda Katz has agreed to drop all charges and vacate their convictions on the grounds that newly discovered evidence probably would have led to their acquittal.
DNA Hit Leads To Indictment In 1996 Queens Rape Case
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A man has been indicted by a grand jury for the 1996 rape of a woman in Jamaica, Queens following a DNA test conducted more than two decades after the crime.
Queens prosecutors allege that 58 year-old Danny Stewart, then a cab driver, choked and raped a 23 year-old female passenger after she flagged down his taxi on her way home from her job at a restaurant. After the assault, the woman went to the hospital, where a rape kit was administered to collect physical evidence of the assault.