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DAs promised to help wrongfully convicted NYers; often fell short

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New York’s conviction integrity programs have fallen short of their promise.

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DAs promised to help wrongfully convicted NYers; often fell short

New York’s conviction integrity programs have fallen short of their promise.

·Syracuse, United States
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New York FocusNew York Focus

DAs Promised to Help Wrongfully Convicted New Yorkers — And Left Many…

Calvin Buari had served nearly half of a 50-year prison sentence for a double homicide he didn’t commit when, in 2015, prosecutors in the Bronx District Attorney’s Office asked him to stop fighting his conviction. His attorneys had recently submitted a court motion seeking to overturn it based on new updates in his case. Five new witnesses had come forward to identify another murder suspect and offer Buari an alibi for the decades-old crime that…

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Wrongfully convicted shine needed light on ‘The Lynched Among Us’ – Matter News

Alfred Cleveland Before Michael Sutton could walk across the stage in 2006 to receive his diploma from South High School in Cleveland, Ohio, on the way to a full-ride college scholarship at the University of Akron, he was wrongfully arrested and charged with attempted murder. He then served 15 years of a 46-year sentence before the efforts of the Innocence Project led to his exoneration and release in May 2021. Four years later, Sutton will stan…

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Rochester BeaconRochester Beacon

DAs promised to help wrongfully convicted New Yorkers. In many cases, they made things worse.

This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for its newsletter here. Photos of Calvin Buari taken during his wrongful incarceration at Green Haven Correctional Facility. Clockwise from top left: Buari receiving a certificate from Yale Law School in 2014; Buari at the Green Haven Correctional Facility Family Festival in 2016; Buari with actor Michael K. Williams in 2015; …

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DAs Promised to Help Wrongfully Convicted New Yorkers. In Many Cases, They Made Things Worse.

This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here.Calvin Buari had served nearly half of a 50-year prison sentence for a double homicide he didn’t commit when, in 2015, prosecutors in the Bronx District Attorney’s Office asked him to stop fighting his conviction.His attorneys had recently submitted a court motion seeking to overturn it based on new up…

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New York Focus broke the news in on Thursday, February 13, 2025.
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