Carlos Weeks

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	27-1/2 years to life imprisonment
Years Imprisoned:	26
Year Crime:	1993
Year Convicted:	1993
Year Cleared:	2019
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:	"Carlos Weeks was wrongly convicted in 1993 of murder in Kings County, New York. Weeks' prosecution was based on the eyewitness testimony of two sisters who say they saw him shoot 21-year-old Frank Davis at street level from their 12th-floor window across the street. After his conviction by a jury Weeks was sentenced to 27-1/2 years to life in prison. A post-conviction investigation of Weeks case resulted in evidence that the sisters didn't testify truthfully. In 2017 the Kings County District Attorney's Conviction Integrity Unit agreed to investigate Weeks' case. The sisters were interviewed and they recanted seeing Weeks shoot Davis. Based on the new exculpatory evidence undermining Week's conviction, the DA submitted a motion to vacate his conviction and dismiss the charges. The motion was granted on December 29, 2019, and Weeks was released after 26 years in custody."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Based on the new exculpatory evidence undermining Week's conviction, the DA submitted a motion to vacate his conviction and dismiss the charges. The motion was granted on December 29, 2019, and Weeks was released after 26 years in custody."
Defendant Aided By:	Law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP took up Weeks’ case in 2015 along with The Legal Aid Society in New York City.
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Age When Imprisoned:	20
Age When Released:	46
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Brooklyn man wrongfully convicted of murder freed after 26 years, By Georgett Roberts and Ebony Bowden (Staff reporters), New York Post, October 3, 2019"
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Carlos Weeks

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

27-1/2 years to life imprisonment

Years Imprisoned:

26

Year Crime:

1993

Year Convicted:

1993

Year Cleared:

2019

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:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Based on the new exculpatory evidence undermining Week's conviction, the DA submitted a motion to vacate his conviction and dismiss the charges. The motion was granted on December 29, 2019, and Weeks was released after 26 years in custody."

Defendant Aided By:

Law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP took up Weeks’ case in 2015 along with The Legal Aid Society in New York City.

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

20

Age When Released:

46

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Brooklyn man wrongfully convicted of murder freed after 26 years, By Georgett Roberts and Ebony Bowden (Staff reporters), New York Post, October 3, 2019"

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https://nypost.com/2019/10/03/brooklyn-man-wrongfully-convicted-of-murder-freed-after-26-years/

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