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ANOTHER WRONGFUL CONVICTION

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

In 1992 Fernando Bermudez was convicted of murder based on the testimony of five witnesses. After spending 18 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, he was released yesterday. The Title of the post links to the NY Times article. Kudos to attorneys Michael and Leslie Risinger, who led the fight to free Mr. Bermudez, and Justice John Cataldo of NY State Supreme Court (which is the felony trial court in New York) who granted the motion based on the five witnesses coming forward and detailing a harrowing account of "coercion and manipulation" by police and prosecutors for them to identify Mr. Bermudez. Mr. Bermudez having been freed, the next step is the prosecution of those prosecutors and officers who subverted justice, suborned perjury, and participated in a conspiracy to imprison an innocent man...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on November 21, 2009 (boomark / email).