Brooklyn. NY – After Serving 24 Years On A Wrongful Murder Conviction, Jonathan Fleming Speaks Out

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    FILE - Jonathan Fleming, center, exits the courthouse with his mother Patricia Fleming, left, and his ex-wife Valerie Brown in New York, Tuesday, April 8, 2014. (AP/Seth Wenig)Brooklyn, NY – Following his release on Tuesday after serving more than 24 years for a murder he did not commit, 51 year-old Jonathan Fleming from Brooklyn is speaking out for the first time, saying that his “faith in God” got him through the ordeal and that he knew that he would be exonerated.

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    NYDAILYNEWS.com (http://nydn.us/1ieWoDU) reports that Fleming, who was convicted of killing 22 year-old Daryl Rush in the Williamsburg Houses in August of 1989, despite indisputable evidence that he was visiting Disney World in Florida with his family at the time, said he constantly told himself “this has to be a dream.”

    “But every morning that I woke up,” Fleming said, “I realized day after day that it wasn’t because I still remained in that cell.
    I just kept thinking to myself, ‘How could I be convicted of a crime I didn’t commit?’”

    Fleming said his mother’s faith in him, and her commitment having him endure until the truth finally came out, also served as a pillar for his own strength.

    Fleming said his mother told him “whatever you do, don’t’ you ever take time-served for this case if they try to offer it to you, because I know you didn’t do this—because you were with me.”

    Fleming said he cried when he was informed that he’d be finally going home.

    “I actually sat on my bed and I cried,” Fleming said. “Tears of joy.”


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    NarishGeret
    NarishGeret
    9 years ago

    Too many innocent people serving for a corrupt justice system!

    birgas
    birgas
    9 years ago

    Mr. Fleming: Saadly, you’re not alone! There are tens of thousands inmates serving life sentences and are innocent! We know about it, yet there’s nothing we can do about it!

    G-D was watching over you, and in the end you’re finally vindicated!

    allmark
    allmark
    9 years ago

    The prosecutor’s office should be ashamed. I hope they publicly apologize to this poor man. Governor Cuomo should appoint a blue ribbon panel to find out how such a clear miscarriage of justice could take place, to find out how many others are also unfairly imprisoned and how to prevent this from ever happening again.

    PeaceNow
    PeaceNow
    9 years ago

    Will the courts award him a few million dollars. That’s the least they can do!

    PaulinSaudi
    PaulinSaudi
    9 years ago

    DNA and other new techniques are releasing so many innocent people that most states offer these folks a standard settlement, no need to go to court. Texas offers a certain amount per year of confinement, paid out over a lifetime. The payments stop if the fellow is convicted of a felony. They also get lifetime membership in the state’s employee healthcare plan and free tuition to any state college in Texas. I suppose New York offers a similar package.