Case Dropped Against Man Jailed 25 Years In NYC Tourist Slaying
Prosecutors have dropped their case against a man who spent a quarter-century behind bars in an infamous New York City tourist killing before getting his conviction overturned.
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Prosecutors have dropped their case against a man who spent a quarter-century behind bars in an infamous New York City tourist killing before getting his conviction overturned.
In his first sit-down interview after being released from prison, Hincapie tried to explain to CBS2's Lou Young the videotaped confession that helped put him behind bars.
Johnny Hincapie was in a Manhattan court Monday for a brief status update after being freed last month.
A man who maintains he was wrongly convicted in a notorious 1990 tourist killing deserves a new trial, a judge said Tuesday, throwing out a verdict in a case that helped crystallize an era of crime and fear in the nation's biggest city.
One of the seven men convicted in a notorious subway murder has spent 22 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit, his lawyer says.
