Key Witness Recants Testimony 21 Years Later in John Giuca Murder Case
Meanwhile, the judge in the long-running case has recused himself due to past ties to disgraced attorney who encouraged perjury against the defendant.
The Indypendent
Jail & Prison
WFP-Backed candidate says his experience as a public defender and public policy advocate who’s seen how Albany works from the inside has prepared him well to hold public office.
How the Manhattan DA’s Office Falsely Convicted Harry Ruiz and Sent Him to Prison for 25 Years
A drug dealer gunned down by his rivals, a shoddy police investigation, and a star witness with contradictory testimony who received lavish help from the DA’s office are all a part of the story of an innocent man who spent 25 years in prison for a crime he had nothing to do with.
Carl Miller Murder Conviction Overturned, 46 Years Later
Miller spent decades in prison insisting he did not kill Rabbi David Okunov in a high-profile 1979 murder in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Anthony Sims Murder Conviction Overturned by Appeals Court, 27 Years Later
Sims has long insisted that he did not pull the trigger in a Brooklyn murder.
Shocking prison killing by guards continues to spur calls for reforms.
Protesters Say Building New Brooklyn Jail Bound to Fail
The new jail under construction in Downtown Brooklyn is the first of four the City wants to build to replace the Rikers Island jail complex.
New evidence emerges that prosecutors cut corners to put away an innocent man.
New Book Looks at the History of Carceral Apartheid
Research reveals the ways resistance inside prisons has been suppressed, propping up an unequal and unjust social order.
Prisons and the Pandemic: Enraging New Book Looks at How Incarcerated Americans Experienced COVID-19
Five people imprisoned in different parts of the country narrate what it was like to be trapped behind prison walls with no place to seek refuge during the deadly pandemic.