Brooklyn DA
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Wrongful Conviction Overturned After 19 Years as Shooter’s Letter and Confession Lead to Exoneration
A New York man who spent nearly two decades in prison for a murder he did not commit has been fully exonerated after the actual gunman confessed, capping a decades-long miscarriage of justice that began when critical evidence was ignored. Emel McDowell was 17 years old when he was arrested and charged with murder following…
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Keith Roberts, 67, is finally free after spending eight years wrongfully imprisoned for a murder he did not commit. His exoneration marks the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office’s 40th exoneration since the inception of its Conviction Review Unit in 2014, underscoring systemic issues within the criminal justice system, particularly regarding the treatment of Black men. Roberts…
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