Where Brooklyn ranks in conviction review initiatives
Last week Brooklyn’s District Attorney moved to vacate murder charges against Roger Logan, convicted in the 1997 shooting death of Sherwin Gibbons. The decision followed a thorough review of the case by the Brooklyn’s Conviction Review Unit (CRU). Created in 2011, the CRU’s efforts have revealed 7 Brooklyn defendants who have been wrongfully convicted–each of which served at least 10 years behind bars.
Prosecutors around the country have set up systems to assess claims of wrongful conviction in recent years, and they have reviewed thousands of cases and dismissed dozens ofconvictions so far. A look at some of the initiatives: