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The article reveals a tragedy of the criminal justice system unlike any other: a convicted killer at last granted a hearing on his innocence, only to have his bid for freedom overseen by a judge soon removed from the bench because of dementia.
Nelson Cruz was 16 when he was accused of killing a man in the streets of Brooklyn. Sent away for 25 years to life after a brief and flawed trial, he never gave up trying to prove his innocence. Two decades later, he got his first real shot to argue his case and gain his freedom: Judge ShawnDya Simpson had granted him an evidentiary hearing, one in which he could produce witnesses, challenge his accusers and give voice to his claims of innocence.
County supervisors ordered an independent review of the program eight days after the inewsource investigation. The county announced Tuesday it would pay San Diego State University $140,000 to do the review.
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