Innocent man freed from prison after Brooklyn DA's office's 40th exoneration in 10 years
Briefly

"In this case, it was a one witness identification made by a witness who's not credible. The system failed," Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said.
"Since 1986, he's declared his innocence ... Today, we know that a miscarriage of justice had been done against him and the system failed," Gonzalez said.
"Prayer. I prayed. I prayed. I prayed. If my knees could talk. I prayed," Roberts said, highlighting his perseverance during his wrongful incarceration.
"Far fewer innocent people are being convicted these days because there are so many more tools to solve crime and to exonerate the innocent," said Ron Kuby.
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