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True Stories of Abuse, Corruption, Racism,
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Presumed
Guilty by Racist Police
Federal
Policy Towards Police Abuse
"The number of
police
abuse complaints has soared nationally, yet federal prosecutors have
brought excessive force charges against police officers in less than 1
percent of the cases investigated by the FBI"
City
to Pay $1.6 Million for Innocent Man's Prison Time and Agrees to Review
More Than 100 Old Cases
I
commend Michael Green
-- "I said all along,
even if I got no money at all for what happened to me, if I can help
other inmates, then this entire ordeal was worth it." Barry Scheck,
co-founder of the Innocence Project in New York City, which used DNA
evidence to free Green, said "This is a model for the rest of the
country." Green's lawsuit accused investigators of suggesting
information to the victim that helped her pick out his picture in a
photo lineup after she initially failed to identify Green.
The city also agreed to re-open more than 100 cases that included
testimony from the same forensics lab worker who falsely testified in
Green's trial.
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