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