Adams calls for state commission to investigate Brooklyn’s wrongful convictions ‘crisis’ July 18 | By Mary Frost Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams on Tuesday called for an independent state commission to investigate who was responsible...
Brownsville man released from prison 20 years after wrongful conviction July 12 | By Paul Frangipane Special to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle After a man spent 20 years in prison convicted of a Brownsville homicide, he walked out of court...
Brownsville man released from prison 20 years after wrongful conviction July 12 | By Paul Frangipane Special to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle After a man spent 20 years in prison convicted of a Brownsville homicide, he walked out of court...
Brooklyn judge overturns woman’s manslaughter conviction February 23 | Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson on Tuesday announced that following a thorough review by his Conviction Review Unit...
Man freed from New York prison after 27 years behind bars June 9 | Associated Press A man whose conviction was overturned in the 1988 killing of two friends has been freed from a...
Judge orders man freed after 27 years behind bars June 5 | Associated Press A man who was granted a new trial in the 1988 killing of two friends will be freed...
One detective’s history of providing false evidence gives grounds for Brooklyn defendant’s new trial April 16 | By Charisma L. Troiano, Esq. Brooklyn Daily Eagle A new trial has been granted for Brooklyn criminal defendant Rosean Hargrove, who has been in prison for...
EXCLUSIVE: Thompson reflects on his first year as Brooklyn DA March 9 | By Charisma L. Troiano, Esq. Brooklyn Daily Eagle In 2014, Kenneth Thompson was sworn in as Brooklyn’s first African-American district attorney. One year into...
A look at 3 civil rights claims settled in New York City February 23 | Associated Press Three civil rights cases settled by New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer without a lawsuit ever being filed...