Legal Opinion
James Walker v. The City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 4, 1992No. 1783, Docket 92-7365PublishedCited by 669 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff James Walker spent nineteen years in prison for a crime that it now appears he did not commit. In 1971 police officers and prosecutors covered up exculpatory evidence and committed perjury in order to insure Walker’s conviction despite their knowledge of Walker’s probable innocence. After unearthing facts critically undermining the state’s case against him, Walker won his release from prison in 1990. Walker then filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of New York in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, seeking…
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