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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
Hundreds of convictions tied to nine dirty NYPD cops have been tossed following a review of the cases by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.
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A warehouse where the NYPD stored decades of evidence went up in flames last week. The loss of that evidence could affect many cases and people that the Legal Aid Society represents.