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Brooklyn DA Vacates Brownsville Murder Conviction Won With Help Of Disgraced Detective Louis Scarcella
This is the 23rd conviction vacated by the Brooklyn District Attorney's Conviction Review Unit.
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David Colon
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Man Spent 27 Years In Prison On Bogus Bushwick Murder Conviction
A judge ruled that former detective Louis Scarcella likely fabricated a confession that led to the defendant's conviction.
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Rebecca Fishbein
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Family Of Man Falsely Imprisoned For 23 Years Sues NYC For $15 Million
The man, David Ranta, was awarded $6.4 million in an out-of-court settlement.
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Rebecca Fishbein
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3 Men Cleared Of Decades-Old Murder Charges Thanks To Dirty Detective Probe
One brother has served 21 years in prison; another was paroled in 2007, and the third died behind bars over a decade ago.
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Rebecca Fishbein
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Man Gets $6.4M After Serving 23 Years In Prison For Crime He Didn't Commit
David Ranta spent 23 years in a maximum security facility after being convicted of shooting Williamsburg rabbi Chaskel Werzberger in the head during a botched robbery.
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Rebecca Fishbein
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Judge: City Doesn't Have To Pay When DAs Screw Up
The decision could save the city "tens of millions" of dollars each year.
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Christopher Robbins
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Man Imprisoned For 18 Years Released Thanks To Probe Of "Dirty" Detective
Investigators uncovered evidence that shady NYPD detective Louis Scarcella coached witnesses and beat a confession out of him.
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Rebecca Fishbein
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How Two Teens May Have Been Wrongly Convicted For Crown Heights Murder
In keeping with many of the cases presided over by Detective Louis Scarcella, holes in the 20-plus-old case have since been discovered.
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Rebecca Fishbein
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Witness Says Police Coached Him To Lie In Brooklyn Murder Investigation
The key witness in a 1995 murder case of a 4-year-old girl says he was coached by police into testifying against the wrong man.
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Christopher Robbins
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Report: Brooklyn DA Worked Well With Sloppy, Shady NYPD Detective
Louis Scarcella, who helped wrongfully put a man in prison for 23 years for a murder he did not commit, has been under scrutiny by the DA's office for the past six months.
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Rebecca Fishbein
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