The Brooklyn district attorney's conviction-review unit is setting an example for the rest of the country
was sentenced to 20 years-to-life in a New York prison for murder, attempted robbery and assault. In February this year he was let out thanks to the efforts of the local government that had put him away 18 years ago. His conviction was overturned after the Brooklyn district attorney’s conviction review unit found that he had been deprived of a fair trial, in part because not all of the detectives’ notes had been shared with the defence.
“We should have a criminal-justice system that promotes human dignity,” says Brooklyn’s Mr Gonzalez. It seems to be working: one exonerated man was so grateful to Brooklyn’sUnited States
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