The city is on pace to hand out a record amount of tax-payer dollars to settle police misconduct cases this year, thanks in no small part to a number of cases where police misconduct led to the wrongful convictions of Queens residents.
Read MoreGeorge Bell, a man from Queens who spent more than half his life in prison for a crime he did not commit, is now the recipient of the largest settlement payout for a wrongful conviction in New York City history.
Read MoreGeorge Bell, who was one of three Queens men to be wrongfully convicted of a 1996 double murder, is suing the city and eight NYPD officers for $50 million.
Read More“Unfortunately, the 2,800 exonerations we know about only begin to tell the story of wrongful convictions and the toll they take.”
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