Leonard Mack was identified after questionable police tactics: his clothing was changed to match the description of the suspect, and his picture was the only Black man included in a photo array.
) — The last time Leonard Mack walked into the Westchester County Courthouse he was in handcuffs, about to be sentenced to prison for rape. Tuesday, was different.In 1975, the Vietnam veteran was charged with tying up two high school students at gunpoint, brutally raping one of them.
The Innocence Project took up the case and the Westchester District Attorney Office’s Conviction Review Unit had DNA evidence tested, something that didn’t exist at the time of his trial.District Attorney Miriam Rocah pointed out that the wrongful conviction not only robbed Mack of his freedom, but it also failed the public.
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