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David McCallum

 

Charge:

Murder and Kidnapping

Sentence:

25 years to life imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

29

Year Crime:

1985

Year Convicted:

1986

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

New York

County or Region of Crime:

Kings

City of Crime:

New York City

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"David McCallum and Willie Stuckey Jr. were codefendants wrongly convicted in 1986 of murdering and kidnapping Nathan Blenner in New York City on October 20, 1985. McCallum and Stuckey were both teenagers, and their convictions were based on their confessions that both recanted as coerced by the police. Both were sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. After taking office in January 2014 Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson began a review of 130 cases that were possible wrongful convictions obtained by his predecessor in office. After reviewing McCallum and Stuckey's case, Thompson determined that "not a single piece of evidence" linked to the two men to the crime. On October 15, 2014 DA Thompson's motion to vacate the convictions and dismiss the charges against McCallum and Stuckey was granted, and McCallum was released after almost 29 years in custody. Stuckey was exonerated postumously because he died in prison in 2001. The exonerations of McCallum and Stuckey were the 10th and 11th in the first 10 months after Thompson took office."

Conviction Caused By:

Police misconduct of coercing false confessions from McCallum and Stuckey.

Innocence Proved By:

"On October 15, 2014 DA Thompson's motion to vacate the convictions and dismiss the charges against McCallum and Stuckey was granted, and McCallum was released after almost 29 years in custody. Stuckey was exonerated postumously because he died in prison in 2001."

Defendant Aided By:

Kings County Conviction Integrity Unit

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

16

Age When Released:

45

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Wrongfully convicted Brooklyn man goes free after 29 years in prison, DA slams tactics of original prosecution, By Oren Yaniv, New York Daily News, October 16, 2014"

Information Location 1:

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-da-slams-predecessor-record-wrongful-convictions-article-1.1975298

Information Source 2:

"After decades in prison, man freed at NY prosecutor's request, By Sebastien Malo (Staff writer), Daily Press (Newport News, VA), October 15, 2014"

Information Location 2:

"http://www.dailypress.com/news/nationworld/sns-rt-us-usa-crime-confessions-20141015,0,3317111.story"

Information Source 3:

"Exonerated convict watches story of his life at Heights Casino, By Nate Chura (Special to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle), Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 22, 2015"

Information Location 3:

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2015/12/21/exonerated-convict-watches-story-his-life-heights-casino

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