Legal Opinion
Newton v. City of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 31, 2009No. 07 Civ. 6211PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
1. INTRODUCTION
Alan Newton was imprisoned for more than twenty-two years for a crime that DNA testing has proved he did not commit. A year after he was exonerated, he filed this action against the City of New York and over a dozen of its officers and employees, alleging violations of his civil rights as a result of defendants’ investigation, prosecution, and subsequent failure to examine exculpatory evidence. This lawsuit addresses the police practices that led to Newton’s wrongful conviction, the bureaucratic failings that left exculpatory…
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