"Although New Yorker politicians consider themselves the national leader in civil rights, New York still ranks third in the nation for wrongful convictions and New York City has the third-highest number of exonerations nationwide. Each case represents a life derailed: families broken, years stolen, careers destroyed, childhoods lived without a parent. Behind many of these injustices is a familiar culprit: law-enforcement misconduct."
"Officers with long, documented histories of dishonesty or abuse the same patterns uncovered by NYS AG Letitia James remain on the job, cycling innocent people like me into the criminal-justice system. As reported in Black Westchester Magazine, I have been one of far too many New Yorkers where official police misconduct was acknowledged, yet no mandatory case review followed. For defendants who are unjustly arrested, this lack of follow-through is not a technical oversight; it is a civil-rights failure."
New York ranks third nationally for wrongful convictions, and New York City has the third-highest number of exonerations. Many injustices stem from law-enforcement misconduct by officers with long, documented histories of dishonesty or abuse who remain on the job. The Attorney General's Law Enforcement Misconduct Investigative Office (LEMIO) began naming Pattern Misconduct Officers in 2022, but its authority is limited to investigation and recommendations. LEMIO cannot compel police agencies or prosecutors to act, overturn convictions, or free innocent people. District Attorneys have no legal obligation to revisit cases handled by flagged officers, creating a structural loophole that allows tainted convictions to stand.
Read at www.amny.com
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