It is no secret that our criminal justice system has its flaws. In New York alone, there are many examples of innocent individuals having to spend years behind bars after being convicted of crimes they didn’t commit, only to be exonerated and freed decades...
Wrongful Convictions
New court rule reminds NY prosecutors of their duty to hand over evidence
On Behalf of Edelman & Edelman, P.C. | Nov 15, 2017 | Wrongful Convictions
In 1963, the Supreme Court ruled in Brady v. Maryland that prosecutors are required to provide defendants with any evidence that may be considered favorable to the accused. This means that prosecutors are supposed to turn over every piece of evidence that may cast...
Man freed after 23 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit — and gets $0
On Behalf of Edelman & Edelman, P.C. | Oct 20, 2017 | Wrongful Convictions
More than two decades ago, a Kansas man named Lamonte McIntyre was arrested, charged and wrongfully convicted of a 1994 double homicide -- a crime he did not commit. However, after the state of Kansas stole 23 years of his life, he was freed just last week following...
3 reasons why people confess to crimes they didn’t commit
On Behalf of Edelman & Edelman, P.C. | Oct 13, 2017 | Wrongful Convictions
If you think only guilty people confess to crimes, you couldn't be more wrong. In fact, innocent individuals are often convicted after they provide police with false confessions. Just how common are false confessions? A lot more common than many people know. For...
Victims of wrongful convictions often serve years in prison
On Behalf of Edelman & Edelman, P.C. | Sep 22, 2017 | Wrongful Convictions
Think only guilty people are in prison? Nope, not by a long shot. In fact, wrongful convictions occur all the time for a variety of reasons, including faulty evidence, eyewitness misidentifications and even official misconduct by police. This problem is so pervasive...
Whatever happened to the proposed changes to NY’s wrongful conviction statute?
On Behalf of Edelman & Edelman, P.C. | Sep 12, 2017 | Wrongful Convictions
Back in April, we told you about several proposed changes to Section 8-b of the New York Claims Act, which is the state law that allows victims of wrongful convictions to seek damages from the state. At the time, there were multiple pieces of legislation being...
Woman sues police after false conviction for ‘shaken baby’ death
On Behalf of Edelman & Edelman, P.C. | Sep 9, 2017 | Wrongful Convictions
Jennifer Del Prete spent nearly a decade in prison after being found guilty in the "shaken baby syndrome" death of an infant in her care. She was released last August after an appeals court found that the prosecution had withheld key evidence that might have...
Wrongful convictions are often linked to flawed forensics
On Behalf of Edelman & Edelman, P.C. | Aug 24, 2017 | Wrongful Convictions
Wrongful convictions are a serious problem in our current criminal justice system. In fact, according to the National Registry of Exonerations, there have been more than 2,000 exonerations since 1989 in the U.S. -- with 248 in New York alone. While there are many...
Is anyone ever held accountable for wrongful convictions?
On Behalf of Edelman & Edelman, P.C. | Aug 15, 2017 | Wrongful Convictions
Sadly, the criminal justice system in New York is far from perfect. In fact, we often hear of cases in which innocent individuals are convicted and sent to prison, only to be freed years later when it is learned that they were victims of wrongful convictions. While...
Outstanding NYC warrant for a minor offense? It may be dismissed
On Behalf of Edelman & Edelman, P.C. | Aug 14, 2017 | Wrongful Convictions
In a bid to reduce the number of people who pass through city jails and criminal courts on minor charges, the district attorneys of Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Manhattan have moved to dismiss 644,494 warrants. These warrants were issued over the past 10 years for...
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