NYC Man Wrongfully Convicted of Murder Now Free After 8 Years
Shamel Capers, 24, is a free man after spending eight years behind bars in New York for murder after being wrongfully convicted.
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Shamel Capers, 24, is a free man after spending eight years behind bars in New York for murder after being wrongfully convicted.
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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.