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week by the story of john bun, fully exonerated after serving 27 years, 17 of which in prison for the 1991 murder of a new york correction officer. his conviction was overturned two years ago after his arresting officer was accused of misconduct in his case and dozens of others and on tuesday, a brooklyn new york judge told an emotional bun, who taught himself to read as a teenaged prisoner, that he will not be retried for crime that he never committed. joining me now is john bund in his first interview since exoneration and his attorney and founder and director of the exoneration initiative. john, i can t imagine what you
there is even bigger news. so here i am working on the final touches of this series when i get a call from richard s lawyer saying the d.a. s office is going to vacate the conviction against him, just like that. i called the d.a. s office, they confirmed it, saying they now believe richard did not get a fair trial. basically what that means is that richard is walking out of prison a free man and that s happening in the next couple of days. and almost as if it was destined, rosario s wife and his kids amanda and richard jr. just happen to be in new york visiting him this very day. 20 years, i ve never seen my father outside of prison. rosario s lawyers at the exoneration initiative had just broken the news. and minerva is overwhelmed. to here he s going to be released after 20 years, i mean, there is so many emotions tied to that. just 24 hours later, and richard rosario is about to be a
weeks before his murder. she also tells me she doesn t remember filing a harassment report about it with the nypd. so what they said to me is if you request it, you can get it. when i tell her i know it exists, she assures me she ll help me get it. and that s when i stop hearing from lymari. i m definitely interested in finding out more about that slapping incident and trying to get my hands on that report. so i m on my way down to speak with richard s current attorneys, their names are glen garber and rebecca friedman. they run an organization called the exoneration initiative that focuses on claims of innocence. this case smells terrible and looks like a terrible injustice has occurred. you just have to, like, glance at the case to understand how significant it is. glenn and rebecca are the latest of nearly a dozen appellate attorneys who volunteered to help rosario overturn his conviction. this case has gone all the
that suspect visibly seen pulling out a handgun and shooting. santiago s scheduled to appear in court on monday. akbar hashemi rafsanjani died at age 82 according to iranian state media. he was a moving voice in improved relations with the u.s. and western powers. for now, back to dateline conviction. it has been a full year since i stood in the office of richard rosario s lawyer at the exoneration initiative, rebecca friedman. last time i spoke to you was a year ago. we re waiting for the judge s decision to give us this hearing and we re hoping he will do it and we can call all the witnesses. you were saying you have high hopes for it. now, the judge has made his decision. tell me what happened. our motion was denied without a hearing. the judge said there is not enough here for me to even give
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