A Brooklyn native who spent nearly 30 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit is adjusting to life outside of prison after his exoneration.
NEW YORK — A Brooklyn native who spent nearly 30 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit was exonerated in 2020, and he's still adjusting to life outside of prison.He is among the hundreds of exonerations in New York in recent years. According to the National Registry of Exonerations, New York has had 347 exonerations since 1989 with 157 in New York City alone between 2014 and 2022.Brooklyn has had the most in New York City – 40 since its Conviction Review Unit was created in 2014.
'You take the shackles off, but you're still incarcerated because the pain, the scars, it's never removed regardless.' The Brooklyn DA's office says no other suspect has been identified in the murder. 'I was frightened to come home'Today, Domond lives 210 miles away from Auburn Correctional Facility at a home in New Jersey.'I bought it because the trees over there, it makes me think of freedom,' Domond said.
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