Man cleared of murder after 24 years - was at Disneyland

[JOHN DOE]

Wrongfully convicted man who spent 24 years in prison for Brooklyn murder committed while he was on vacation in Disney World set free 

 

Jonathan Fleming spent nearly a quarter century behind bars for a homicide he didn't commit. Brooklyn prosecutors recently found in the original case file evidence that proved he was in Florida when the crime took place.

A man who spent nearly 25 years in prison for a Brooklyn murder that took place while he was vacationing in Disney World was set free Tuesday in a highly emotional hearing.

“The day is finally here. I’ve dreamt about it many nights,” Jonathan Fleming said as he walked out of court. “I'm finally a free man.

“I feel wonderful," Fleming said. “I’m going to have dinner with my mother and my family and I’m going to live the rest of my life.”

Evidence that was not disclosed to the defense during his trial — which would have confirmed his alibi for the August 1989 slaying in a Williamsburg project — was unearthed during a review of the case by the Brooklyn district attorney’s office.

That included a phone receipt from an Orlando hotel showing he was there just hours before the murder and a report from local police, which interviewed hotel staff who remembered him.

Both documents were found in the case file.

“It could not have possibly been a mistake,” one of Fleming's lawyers, Taylor Koss, said of those non-disclosures by the authorities before and during his client's trial.

The DA’s re-investigation also discovered police reports that confirmed a recanting witness account that cops dropped felony charges against her after she falsely identified Fleming.

A source said prosecutors are aware of a person who’s believed to be the actual killer and may now go after him.

 

 

 

 

 

full story here http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/wrongfully-convicted-man-spent-24-years-prison-set-free-article-1.1749821#

[TF S4DK]

Just had to be black.

[SLEAZE BALL]

I really do hate police

[JOHN DOE]

that man has been in prision for as long as i have been alive for something he didnt do 

 

that is disgusting

[SLEAZE BALL]

24 years u na

[The Infamous]

that man has been in prision for as long as i have been alive for something he didnt do

that is disgusting

[Mame Biram Diouf]

Speechless 

[SLEAZE BALL]

TBF that was a bit knee jerk by me

I do hate jakes but this is not their doing in all honesty

Prosecutor is a piece of shit

[Benicio del Toney]

Crazy, some people really do get a raw deal in life.

[kurious]

gonna get peeeee

[Yoshie]

I really do hate police

[Haze-e]

that man has been in prision for as long as i have been alive for something he didnt do

that is disgusting

First thing I thought. Smh.

[imhim]

1billion dollars in compensation

 

the government should kill themselves

[The Infamous]

Since 1989 bruh

Germany had east and west

Mandela was in prison still

Bush snr and jr have had their presidencies

Etc

Thats some major stuff he missed out on

[The Somalian]

all them years in jail over people not doing their jobs KMT

[imhim]

European union was formed

[The Infamous]

European union was formed

mud

[ag.]

hes not that old tho, he gets to enjoy/piss away the big compo hes gonna get

[Grafter]

Corruption. There was another case where a judge was found guilty of selling young people to prisons

http://www.examiner.com/article/pennsylvania-judge-sentenced-to-28-years-prison-for-selling-teens-to-prisons

[The Infamous]

hes not that old tho, he gets to enjoy/piss away the big compo hes gonna get

come on bruh do u know how much he has missed probably family funerals,babies being born. For what cos they decided to not look at the evidence

Money aint everything u know

[Flex]

no amount of money worth those 24

[Afroman]

Just had to be black.

knew he will be black before I clicked the thread

[Seydou]

Funny.

I thought he was gonna be white. Usually the blacks get forgotten.

It would seem like this was a case where they were quick to get someone.

Does the article say, why he was a suspect in the first place?

[Kuffir]

no amount of money worth those 24

 

trust me

[mandizi]

unless i had kids to pass it down to i wouldnt even be fuked about any money the fuk am i gonna enjoy as a middle aged man