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District Attorney Eugene Gold re-opened the case and confirmed the accuracy of the journalist's claims before formally requesting that Whitmore's conviction be vacated. On April 10, 1973, the Brooklyn Supreme Court officially vacated Whitmore's conviction and exonerated him. Feb 21, 1965: Muhammad Abdul Aziz and Khalil Islam Assassination of ...
Jackson and Wiley Bridgeman were ultimately released on November 21, 2014 after the key witness in their jury trial recanted his testimony during a hearing in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The conviction of Ronnie Bridgeman (now known as Kwame Ajamu) was thrown out in December 2014, and he was also fully exonerated. [ 1 ]
Jackson County The Scottsboro Boys were nine black juveniles convicted of an alleged 1931 rape of a white girl, eight of whom were initially sentenced to die by the electric chair. All were later either pardoned or had their convictions overturned.
The wrongful convictions of the so-called “Central Park Five” were vacated in 2002, and the city paid $41 million in 2014 to settle a civil rights lawsuit. ... now named the “Exonerated Five ...
Story at a glance Louisiana man Sullivan Walter was released from prison after a judge vacated his conviction for a rape that took place in 1986. Walter was arrested for the rape at age 17 and is ...
The convictions were vacated after new probes found key witness testimony in each case unreliable, and one got undisclosed money […] The post Jabar Walker, Wayne Gardine exonerated after decades ...
A vacated judgment is usually the result of the judgment of an appellate court, which overturns, reverses, or sets aside the judgment of a lower court. An appellate court may also vacate its own decisions. Rules of procedure may allow vacatur either at the request of a party (a motion to vacate) or sua sponte (at the court's initiative). [1]
A Manhattan judge on Monday vacated Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez’s wrongful conviction in the killing of a retired New York City […] ‘Sing Sing’ actor exonerated of murder after nearly 24 ...