Miscarriage of justice prisoner freed after 29 years, friend died in prison скачать в хорошем качестве

Miscarriage of justice prisoner freed after 29 years, friend died in prison

(16 Oct 2014) David McCallum, who spent 29 years in prison for a murder in October of 1985 that he did not commit, was freed on Wednesday. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Matthew D'Emic dismissed the indictment. Cleared of the murder, McCallum sobbed and thought of the man who wasn't there with him. Co-defendant Willie Stuckey's conviction was also thrown out. Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson argued that the two falsely confessed as teenagers to kidnapping and killing a stranger and taking a joyride in his car. Stuckey died in prison in 2001. "After 29 years, it's a bittersweet moment because I'm walking out alone," McCallum, 45, said as he left court to hugs from relatives and applause from supporters. It came after a review by a Thompson, who made wrongful convictions a campaign issue last year, and after McCallum's cause was championed by former boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. Carter became an international symbol of injustice when his triple murder conviction was overturned in 1985. McCallum and Stuckey quickly recanted their confessions in the October 1985 killing, but they were found guilty and lost appeals. Thompson's predecessor reviewed the convictions and decided to stand by them last year, but Thompson said the convictions hinged on untrue confessions, made by 16-year-olds, rife with inaccuracies and peppered with details seemingly supplied by police. The Police Department had no immediate response. The lead detective who took the confessions has died. No one else has been charged. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...