Legal Opinion
Wilson v. United States Department of Justice
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 21, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2013-2053PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge
Plaintiff David Wilson claims that he is an innocent man. Convicted in 2007 of aiding and abetting a double murder, Wilson is currently serving a term of imprisonment that will last for over forty years. While in prison, he penned a Freedom of Information Act request for evidence that he believes will help to exonerate him. In particular, he asked for a recording of a conversation between a “Confidential Source” and the principal perpetrator of the murders, a man named Antonio Roberson. The existence of the tape — albeit not its…
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