George 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 MoreBrad Leventhal quit Monday.
Read More“I do not want the students to be unnecessarily distracted.”
Read MoreCharles Testagrossa “deliberately” withheld key evidence to convict three men for murder, a judge said.
Read More“It was clear to me that if I could be helpful, I wanted to be.”
Read More‘This is just the tip of the iceberg.’
Read MoreJudge Joseph Zayas amended his ruling to call a prosecutor’s account “mindboggling.”
Read MoreA Queens judge condemned prosecutors for ‘deliberately’ suppressing key evidence for more than 20 years.
Read More“If this comes out in 10-30 years that we sent an innocent man to jail, especially a person of color, I would feel awful. That’s my only worry.”
Read MoreA Queens jury found Lewis guilty of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder and aggravated sexual abuse.
Read More“You are defending Mr. Chanel Lewis in which you do not have full disclosure of information.”
Read MoreJohn Russo, the NYPD lieutenant commander of detectives overseeing all active investigations in the city, called 911 on Memorial Day 2016 to report that a “dark-skinned” “single male” was walking through a “100 percent residential” portion of Howard Beach “looking at houses.”
Read MoreEight women and four men from across Queens County are expected to listen to opening statements on Monday for the murder case that rocked Howard Beach over two years ago.
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