A Brooklyn attorney’s nearly 18-year-old illegal voting conviction—one he described as an act of political retribution by former District Attorney Charles Hynes—was thrown out on Thursday. John O’Hara’s conviction was vacated at the state Supreme Continue Reading »
Queens woman unjustly jailed in Nassau may see $2M settlement – News 12 Long Island
QUEENS – A Queens woman who spent seven months in a Nassau jail in 2010 may be getting a $2 million settlement in her civil case against the county and a police detective. Back in Continue Reading »
NYC to Pay Estate $8.25M for Wrongful Conviction – New York Law Journal
The estate of a wrongfully convicted man whose case was called “rotten from day one” has settled its claims against New York City for $8.25 million. The city’s settlement in the case of the late Continue Reading »
Man Exonerated by DNA Test Moves Forward With Civil Suit – New Jersey Law Journal
A man who spent the better part of two decades in prison and civilly committed in connection with a sex assault, until an exonerating DNA test was belatedly performed, has cleared hurdles in his civil Continue Reading »
Estate to Receive $4.2M for Wrongful Conviction – New York Law Journal
The estate of a wrongfully convicted man has reached a $4.2 million settlement with New York state. William Lopez’s 1990 Brooklyn murder conviction was overturned in 2013 by Eastern District Judge Nicholas Garaufis, who called Continue Reading »
Death of a Prisoner: Jack Franqui’s Suicide – News 12 Long Island
Jack Franqui, of Rocky Point, committed suicide in Jan. 2013 while in the custody of Suffolk police.
The Seventh Precinct vs. Jack Franqui, Part 2 – Newsday
Among Jack Franqui’s last words was a plea: Tell my dad the real story of what happened today. John Burke entered Male Cell #3 at the Suffolk County Police Department’s Seventh Precinct in Shirley on Continue Reading »
The Seventh Precinct vs. Jack Franqui, Part 1 – Newsday
In 2013, Jack Franqui landed in a jail cell. He left in a body bag. On Jan. 23, 2013, one of Long Island’s coldest nights in years, Jack Franqui shivered in a Suffolk County Police Continue Reading »
Freed Man Accuses Police of Mishandling Evidence – Courthouse News Service
NEWARK, N.J. (CN) – An innocent man spent 18 years in prison even though DNA evidence showed that he did not rape a teenaged girl, he claims in court. Rodney Roberts says he was wrongly Continue Reading »
Suffolk DA Ordered to Turn Over Notes in Civil Rights Suit – New York Law Journal
Suffolk County prosecutors must turn over investigator notes to a man who claims his civil rights were violated after being beaten by off-duty Nassau County officers and charged by police with bogus criminal offenses in Continue Reading »