Man Freed After Nearly Two Decades In Prison
A New York man wrongfully imprisoned for nearly two decades has been exonerated and released following the admission by prosecutors of new evidence corroborating his consistent claims of innocence regarding a $550 robbery he did not commit.
Key Points
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1A man was wrongfully imprisoned for nearly two decades in New York State.
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2Prosecutors admitted the conviction of a $550 robbery he did not commit due to new corroborating evidence.
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A man was sentenced to nineteen and a half years in prison for purchasing gas stoves intended as gifts from his mother.
— (Vg.no)An innocent person has been released after serving nearly 19 years of imprisonment (Gp.se)
— (Gp.se)A young man was freed following nineteen years in prison for a robbery he did not commit, based on new evidence corroborating his consistent claims.
— (Mediafax.ro)Prosecutors and Windley's lawyers agreed to dismiss Kenneth Windley's conviction after new evidence revealed he did not commit the 2014 robbery, leading Judge Eric Gonzalez of Brooklyn District Attorney to throw out his case. This exoneration frees a man who spent nearly two decades in prison for buying money orders with stolen funds that were originally taken from Gerald Ross by other thieves following him home.