Locked up is now 70 and blind. Raymond maura died in prison in 1989. His wife and daughter appeared in court on his behalf. My husbands not here today to see the victory but i know that he is looking down on us and i know that he is resting in peace now. Theres no better Christmas Gift that i can get than to say that my dad is innocent and now everybody knows. Reporter in 2012, villalobos contacted a nyu law professor and her students in the innocence clinic. The team discovered through updated fire science there was no sign of arson in the 1980 fire. They also found the Building Owner hannah quick who accused the men was a known substance abuser and habitual liar who knitted to family members she sent three in who admitted to family members she sent three innocent men to prison. She brought the findings to the brooklyn district attorney. We are putting evidence on trial and convicting people on myth we sit here today to admit reporter but today as they embraced true freedom, villalobo
Randomly attacked on her way to school. Tonight, police are searching for the man who followed a 16 yearold in queens, and slashed her in the neck and face. He may have left a key piece of evidence behind. Good evening, im kristine johnson. Im maurice dubois. More on this frightening attack on a teen. Reporter maurice and christine, right behind me is where that Foreign Exchange student was walking when she was slooshed. Tonight, they are slashed, tonight, they are still looking for that suspect. To have Something Like that happen here is just crazy. Reporter whitestone queens residents uneasy after yearold girl on her way to school just this morning, when police say a man ran up behind her, and without saying a word slashed her face with a box cutter before taking off. The teen left bloody and in shock. Shes slashed in her face twice. Once from ear to her throat, to the middle of her throat and another part of the face as well. Its very disturbing. She is an Exchange Student from chin
The response teams. Outreach teams are trying to deal with those in the subways. This is exclusive cbs video of outreach workers trying to get shelter. Something rodrigo lisboa understands. I have a drug addiction. Homeless. Reporter outside the west 4th street station he says tried to help him. They cant help you unless you are going to make the yourself. And you havent done that yet . Not yet, i have not. Reporter from drug addiction to emotional problems to severe mental illness, outreach workers are up against everything. Its tough. Not everyone accepts our services on first time or the tenth time or the 100th time but we always continue to engage with them. Reporter the city officials plan to do even more to help the street homeless. Police commissioner William Bratton says officials are exploring new legislation to give the police more power to get them off the streets to get them help. Cold weather coming reporter yeah. I mean, its really important it get them off the street bec
So what is being done to help them past this situation. Reporter we didnt see any outreach but the Port Authority has commissioned an Organization Called the volunteers of america who are there every night to offer their services to the homeless, although many times they refuse it. They said they will continue their work. All right, meg, thank you for that. Another exclusive story tonight. For months mayor de blasio has been under pressure to fix the citys homeless problem. Finally ousting the commissioner and announcing a new plan to improve things. Today the first interview with the man now in charge of degree something about this. Cbs 2 political reporter Marcia Kramer with this exclusive story. I ride the subway to work every morning and i see what people see. And im as troubled as anybody when i see suffering on the streets. Reporter meet steven banks the man selected by mayor de blasio to deal with the york city huge numbers of homeless living on the street, begging and making ma
Bundle up. This bitter cold temperatures are here, and snow is a possibility this weekend. Good evening, everyone. Im muhr reece dubois. Im christine johnson. We hit our high of 57 degrees this morning. Temperatures arent expected to top 40 degrees tomorrow. In some areas, it will feel like its in the teens. At long last, snow in buffalo, about 2 00 in the afternoon, the first flakes fell in the buffalo area, which marked the latest date they have seen snow since 1899. Vanessa murdock is in for lonnie quinn, talking about well, finally it will feel like december. Temperatures topping out in the low and mid40s this weekend, but tomorrow will be especially cold because winds will be gusting to 30 miles per hour. Windchills will be in the 20s and low 30s for just about all of us tomorrow afternoon. Right now, it is 39 in the city, 41 in hamptons. Coupled with winds, feels like 34 in the hamptons. Feels like 20 in monticello. Windchill in central park, 36. Windchill. 7 00 a. M. City. Feels