This Man’s Conviction Was Overturned After Two Years in Prison. But the City Said He Didn’t Deserve a Dime.
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A jury found #NYC liable for #NYPD rights violations in a case city lawyers fought for years. Critics say the hardball approach helps perpetuate a cycle of #police misconduct.

The judge said that in her 22 years on the bench, she’d never seen documentation of the city’s constitutional failures “like the evidence I’ve heard in this case.”

#CriminalJustice

https://www.propublica.org/article/nypd-wrongful-conviction-lawsuit-law-department?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post