Most Manhattan DA Candidates Promise A Mass Conviction Purge Once In Office
Most Manhattan DA Candidates Promise A Mass Conviction Purge Once In Office arrow Manhattan Criminal Court at 100 Centre Street Felix Lipov/Shutterstock Last week, a coalition of exoneration organizations formally asked city prosecutors to purge hundreds of convictions based on the work of 22 NYPD officers convicted for lying, corruption, and other forms of misconduct. The advocates’ demand followed announcements from Brooklyn and Manhattan prosecutors that they were moving to dismiss nearly two hundred convictions tied to Joseph Franco, a single narcotics detectiv...
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