Manhattan DA Exonerates Two Men After Decades-Long Wrongful Convictions
New York City prosecutors have moved to vacate the convictions of Jabar Walker and Wayne Gardine, who spent over 20 years in prison for separate murder cases in the 1990s. The Manhattan District Attorney's office cited newly discovered evidence and lack of effective legal representation in Walker's case, while Gardine's conviction was based solely on the testimony of a teenager with a history of changing his story. Both men were found to be wrongfully convicted. These cases are part of a larger trend of exonerations due to wrongful convictions, with over a dozen people exonerated this year alone.