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Amer Zeda, who spent four decades in prison for the sexual assault stabbing death of Shirley Smith, is seeking to have his conviction overturned.
Until the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Monday in Thompson v. Clark, many former criminal defendants seeking to sue their arresting officers in federal court for malicious prosecution faced an almost insurmountable barrier: demonstrating that their criminal proceedings ended with an affirmation of their innocence.
Late one spring night last year, a traffic stop in Westchester County turned deadly. On June 5, New Rochelle police pulled over a vehicle for failing to signal. The passenger, 24-year-old Kamal Flowers, ran away from the stop and an officer followed, police say. At some point, Flowers brandished a gun, police claim. The officer opened fire, killing Flowers. The circumstances of his death sparked protest in the lower Hudson Valley. But, in a long-awaited report on how often New York police officers use force, Flowers' death was absent from the fatality column. In fact, Flowers’...
How This High Court Case Could Affect Police Abuse Suits By Marco Poggio | April 4, 2021, 8:02 PM EDT Attorneys all seem to agree: When a prosecutor dismisses charges against a defendant, that's an ultimate win. The defendant can heave a sigh of relief, and walk free without the burden of a trial and the potential costs associated with it. But to criminal defendants who allege police misconduct and plan to file civil lawsuits, a dismissal could mean doom. A case involving a Brooklyn man who sued the New York Police Department on misconduct allegations in 2014 presents a compe...