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Between 1996 and 2017, 316 people were unjustly tied up in the legal system in the borough — with 57 of them landing behind bars — according to the Manhattan district attorney's office.
More than 300 convictions over a 21-year span — each linked to nine NYPD officers previously convicted of on-the-job corruption — were vacated Tuesday at the
The convictions were connected to eight members of the N.Y.P.D. who “abused their positions of power,” according to the Manhattan district attorney, and came amid hundreds of other dismissals by city prosecutors.
The discredited officers were convicted of a number of crimes, including bribery, lying under oath, conducting illegal searches and sexual assault.
The discredited officers were convicted of a number of crimes, including bribery, lying under oath, conducting illegal searches and sexual assault.