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A New York prosecutor is seeking to dismiss 378 cases linked to more than a dozen corrupt New York Police Department officers. Brooklyn district attorney
All of this could have been prevented if they just made the cops pinky swear not to plant evidence.
The Brooklyn district attorney's push to vacate 378 convictions is one of the largest mass exonerations in U.S. history.
The 378 cases — mostly low-level drug and traffic offenses — relied on the work of 13 police officers who were later convicted of crimes.
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Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez said he didn’t find misconduct in the cases, but his prosecutors “no longer have confidence” in the work of the officers — who were convicted of crimes running the gamut from perjury to planting drugs to accepting bribes.