A famous use of Article 440 was the exoneration of a group of young men now known as the “Central Park Five.” In 1989, police held and interrogated the five teenage boys, all 14-16 years old, until they confessed to a crime that they had not committed. They were wrongfully convicted solely on the basis of these false confessions. In 2002, after the five boys had spent years in prison, the actual perpetrator came forward, and DNA evidence corroborated his admission. The report, “Justice Detained, Justice Denied includes several case studies of New Yorkers whose lives have been shattered by the ICE deportation machine which limits and denies access to relief via New York Article 440 which allows a court to vacate convictions or re-sentence an individual who was convicted or sentenced unlawfully.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 12:58:40 +0000
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