New York man wrongly convicted of murder released after 18 years in prison - ABC News

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class="YtLlr aHS+3 V-v0y fm7dv _8teMo _5pKBM" data-component="Text">The prosecution of Sheldon Thomas, now 35, "was compromised from the very start by grave errors and lack of probable cause" to arrest him for the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Anderson Bercy on December 24, 2004, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said. Investigators from the conviction review unit reinterviewed witnesses and found that the detectives, particularly Detective Reedy, had harassed Mr Thomas after his earlier gun arrest and they coached a witness to identify Mr Thomas as one of the shooters because they "were intent on arresting" him. An email seeking comment was sent to an attorney for Mr Thomas

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