Samuel Brownridge

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Charge:	Second Degree Murder
Sentence:	25 years to Life imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	25
Year Crime:	1994
Year Convicted:	1995
Year Cleared:	2020
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	New York
County or Region of Crime:	Queens
City of Crime:	New York City
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Samuel Brownridge was wrongly convicted in 1995 of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Darryle Adams on March 7, 1994 in Queens County, New York. Brownridge's prosecution was based on testimony by two eyewitnesses. After his conviction by a jury Brownridge was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. A post-conviction investigation discovered the prosecution had not disclosed to his lawyer that three men told police they were present when Adams was shot and they identified Garfield Brown as the murderer. Brown closely resembled an eyewitness description of the shooter. Evidence was also found undermining the credibility of the two prosecution witnesses' testimony. Brownridge filed a petition for a new trial based on the new evidence, and he was released on bail in 2019. On June 23, 2020 Brownridges petition for a new trial was orally granted and the charges were dismissed with the agreement of the Queens County DA's Office. The written ruling was issued dated June 24, 2020."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On June 24, 2020 Brownridges petition for a new trial was granted and the charges were dismissed with the agreement of the Queens County DA's Office."
Defendant Aided By:	Three year investigation by lawyers with Barket Epstein Kearon Aldea & Loturco.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	18
Age When Released:	44
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Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"People v Brownridge, 2020 NY Slip Op 20144 (NY Supreme Court, 6-24-2020) (Granting post-conviction petition and granting new trial.)"
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Information Source 2:	"Wrongfully convicted Queens man exonerated after serving 25 years for murder, By Rebecca Rosenberg, New York Post, June 23, 2020"
Information Location 2:	https://nypost.com/2020/06/23/queens-man-exonerated-after-wrongful-25-year-murder-sentence/
Information Source 3:	"NYC judge brought to tears over ‘travesty of justice’ at exoneration of man who spent 25 years in prison for murder he didn’t commit, By Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, June 23, 2020"
Information Location 3:	https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/ny-samuel-brownridge-wrongful-conviction-20200623-rogep23kebf7ffwndanqgxohe4-story.html
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Samuel Brownridge

Charge:

Second Degree Murder

Sentence:

25 years to Life imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

25

Year Crime:

1994

Year Convicted:

1995

Year Cleared:

2020

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Queens

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On June 24, 2020 Brownridges petition for a new trial was granted and the charges were dismissed with the agreement of the Queens County DA's Office."

Defendant Aided By:

Three year investigation by lawyers with Barket Epstein Kearon Aldea & Loturco.

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

18

Age When Released:

44

Sex:

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"People v Brownridge, 2020 NY Slip Op 20144 (NY Supreme Court, 6-24-2020) (Granting post-conviction petition and granting new trial.)"

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Information Source 2:

"Wrongfully convicted Queens man exonerated after serving 25 years for murder, By Rebecca Rosenberg, New York Post, June 23, 2020"

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https://nypost.com/2020/06/23/queens-man-exonerated-after-wrongful-25-year-murder-sentence/

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"NYC judge brought to tears over ‘travesty of justice’ at exoneration of man who spent 25 years in prison for murder he didn’t commit, By Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, June 23, 2020"

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https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/ny-samuel-brownridge-wrongful-conviction-20200623-rogep23kebf7ffwndanqgxohe4-story.html

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