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Teen Acquitted Of Murder Sues NYPD For Witholding Evidence
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Jaya Saxena
Published Feb 21, 2011
Modified Feb 21, 2011
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Larry Bodden, 19, spent nearly three years in prison before being acquitted of murder, and he's blaming the NYPD. Bodden claims the police withheld key evidence that would have exonerated him, including videos of confessions and several witnesses testifying to his alibi. "I basically grew up in jail. They should answer for what they did," he told the Daily News.
Police say Bodden was part of a group of teens who stomped bus driver Fernando Maldonad to death in 2007, but Bodden says he was at home taking care of his brother. Several witnesses gave the same testimony and two of the accused teens exonerated Bodden in their video confessions, but Bodden said police hid the existence of at least one of the tapes from his lawyers. Lawyer Kyle Watters said, "They were willing to do whatever it took to bury this kid." Bodden was acquitted last February, but said, "I'll never get back the time they took away."
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