(PIX11) — Three years ago, Chanel Lewis was sentenced to life in prison for the murder and sex abuse of Howard Beach jogger Karina Vetrano. The 2019 conviction came after a previous mistrial. Now, he said his new lawyer, veteran civil rights attorney Ronald Kuby, is pushing for the conviction to be tossed based on […]
According to reports from the Daily News and the New York Post, new evidence indicates the NYPD, based on a controversial DNA procedure, launched a “racial dragnet” targeting Black males
Newly-discovered evidence indicates the NYPD, based on a controversial DNA procedure, launched an unfair “racial dragnet” targeting Black males after the 2016 Howard Beach murder of a female jogger that led to the arrest of the man convicted in the killing, according to court papers. The 65-page Queens Supreme Court document asks prosecutors to either vacate the 2019 conviction of imprisoned .