Convicts say crooked Brooklyn detective framed them decades ago April 9 | Associated Press A group of New York City men who say they were framed by a crooked police detective decades...
Wrongly incarcerated man and NYC reach settlement deal February 21 | By Charisma L. Miller, Esq. Brooklyn Daily Eagle A Brooklyn man who spent more than 20 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit...
Attorney General announces revolutionary plan for the wrongfully convicted February 21 | By Charisma L. Miller, Esq. Brooklyn Daily Eagle New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Wednesday announced planned legislation that would allow those who are found...
Brooklyn Appellate Court makes unprecedented ruling January 16 | By Charisma L. Miller, Esq. Brooklyn Daily Eagle The Appellate Division, 2nd Department, has broken new legal ground in an unprecedented ruling allowing criminal defendants the...
Another Brooklyn man freed after being wrongfully convicted of murder December 6 | By Charisma L. Miller, Esq. Brooklyn Daily Eagle A Brooklyn man who spent 18 years behind bars after being convicted for the stray-bullet killing of...
Brooklyn judge to review suspect murder convictions November 15 | By Charisma L. Miller, Esq. Brooklyn Daily Eagle A Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice has ordered all documents relating to a probe into questionable convictions achieved by...
Panel named to review trial convictions involving retired Brooklyn detective July 2 | Kings County District Attorney’s Office Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes on Monday announced the creation of an independent panel that will...
City sued for malicious prosecution In Brooklyn murder case May 16 | By Charisma L. Miller, Esq. Brooklyn Daily Eagle Having served over two decades behind bars for a murder he claims he did not commit and suffering...
After dozens of convictions are thrown into doubt, DA Hynes agrees to take a new look May 12 | Associated Press Two months after a high-profile 1990 murder case he investigated was thrown out, dozens more convictions associated...