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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Murder |
Sentence: |
20 years to life imprisonment |
Years Imprisoned: |
20 |
Year Crime: |
1991 |
Year Convicted: |
1993 |
Year Cleared: |
2015 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
New York |
County or Region of Crime: |
Kings |
City of Crime: |
New York City |
Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Derrick Hamilton was wrongly convicted in 1993 of murder in the shooting death of a man on a Brooklyn, New York street in 1991. Hamilton was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. Hamilton's trial lawyer failed to present evidence proving that at the time of the crime he was 81 miles away in New Haven, Connecticut. A motion to dismiss the charges filed by the Kings County District Attorney's Office was granted on January 9, 2015. On January 20, 2015 Hamilton filed a notice of his intent to sue the City of New York, the New York Police Department, and detective Louis Scarcella for $100 million in compensation" |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"On January 9, 2015 a motion to dismiss the charges was granted." |
Defendant Aided By: |
"New York attorney Joel Rudin, and the Kings County Conviction Integrity Unit" |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
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Age When Imprisoned: |
26 |
Age When Released: |
46 |
Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
Black |
Information Source 1: |
"Derrick Hamilton Exonerated 22 Years After Wrongful New York Murder Conviction, By Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied, January 10, 2015" |
Information Location 1: |
http://justicedenied.org/wordpress/archives/2907 |
Information Source 2: |
"Wrongfully Imprisoned Man Cleared of Murder Conviction, By Andrew Keshner, New York Law Journal, January 12, 2015" |
Information Location 2: |
http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/id=1202714635750/Wrongfully-Imprisoned-Man-Cleared-of-Murder-Conviction?slreturn=20150014212347 |
Information Source 3: |
"Brooklyn man whose murder conviction was vacated after serving 21 years in prison plans to sue for $100 million, By Oren Yaniv, New York Daily News, January 21, 2015" |
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http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/brooklyn-man-seeks-100-million-wrongful-conviction-article-1.2087136 |
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