This piece delves into the disturbing reality of wrongful convictions, drawing from the author's decades of experience as a journalist covering the justice system. It highlights the challenges of proving innocence, the flaws in the system that lead to these convictions, and the stories of six men wrongfully imprisoned, whose cases the author investigated.
My baptism into the hidden epidemic of wrongful convictions came more than two decades ago when a Bronx detective confided that he knew two men languishing in prison for the 1990 murder of a Manhattan nightclub bouncer were innocent. How could he be so sure? “Because I know who did it,” he said. It was a conversation that changed my life — and gave me new purpose as a journalist. As a producer for NBC’s “Dateline” for nearly 30 years, I’ve been immersed in every aspect of the justice system .
He was imprisoned for nearly 18 years. — Johnny Hincapie, sentenced to 25 years to life for the 1990 robbery and murder of a tourist from Utah on a subway platform in Manhattan. His conviction was based on a false, coerced confession he gave when he was 17 years old. He spent 25 years behind bars. — Richard Rosario, sentenced to 25 years to life for the 1996 murder of a teenager in the Bronx.
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