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New York Prisoner Is Released After Conviction Is Vacated, Reinstated and Vacated Once More
Loaded on July 15, 2023
by Chuck Sharman
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2023, page 28
Filed under:
Wrongful Conviction.
Location:
New York.
by Chuck Sharman
After a wild legal ride, Norberto Peets was exonerated of attempted murder on May 9, 2023, and he was released from a New York prison after 26 years.
Early on September 29, 1996, two New York City policemen patrolling in Fordham Heights heard gunfire. They traced the ...
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