"Kenneth Windley walked out of a Brooklyn courthouse a free man on Monday after a judge overturned his robbery conviction. This decision ended a case that had sent him to prison for 19 years because he used a stolen money order to buy a stove for his mother. According to the Associated Press, prosecutors and Windley's lawyers both asked the court to dismiss the conviction after new evidence emerged."
"From the start, Windley maintained that he did not know the money order was stolen. He informed investigators and later jurors that he purchased it at a discount from two men he knew in the neighborhood. They told him they could not use it for a car payment, so they offered it to him instead. Windley claimed the men went with him to the store while he made the purchase."
"The Kings County District Attorney's Conviction Review Unit found that this testimony was supported by details from the appliance store transaction and new statements from the actual robbers. Evidence from the store became crucial in the review. The district attorney's public memo said the assistant manager testified that Windley arrived with two other men, looked at stoves with them."
Kenneth Windley, 61, was released from a Brooklyn courthouse after a judge overturned his robbery conviction from 2007. He had served 19 years of a 20-years-to-life sentence for a robbery where stolen money orders, cash, and a bank book were taken from a 70-year-old man. Windley was convicted because he used one of the stolen money orders to purchase a stove. He consistently maintained he purchased the money order at a discount from neighborhood acquaintances who accompanied him to the store. The Kings County District Attorney's Conviction Review Unit discovered new evidence supporting his account, including appliance store transaction details and statements from the actual robbers, leading prosecutors and his lawyers to jointly request dismissal of the conviction.
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