25 years in prison, US man cleared of murder
Jonathan Fleming, 51, walked out of Brooklyn Supreme Court a free man after the Kings County District attorney's office dropped all charges against him "in the interest of justice".
Fleming had always maintained his innocence in the 1989 shooting death of his friend Darryl Rush in Brooklyn. His attorneys said prosecutors rushed to convict him, ignoring evidence including phone bills, photographs, hotel receipts and other evidence that placed him in Florida at the time of the crime. Fleming was convicted in 1990 and sentenced to 25 years-to-life in prison.
Are we to blame a rotten system or the actors manning that system?
Are we to blame a rotten system or the actors manning that system?
What a great news about the 20th-21st century's judicial system in the most developed democracy on this planet!
(TOI Thursday, April 10,2014)
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