Brooklyn, NY – Acquitted Man Files $25M Lawsuit Against NYS

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    Brooklyn, NY – A Brooklyn man who spent a quarter of a century behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit has filed a $25 million lawsuit against the state.

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    Derrick Deacon was convicted in the 1989 shooting death of teenager during a robbery in a Flatbush apartment complex.

    He was freed on new evidence last year.

    The 58-year-old was granted a new trial in 2012 after an FBI cooperator identified a different man as the shooter and the recantation of a separate witness.

    It took a jury just nine minutes to declare Deacon not guilty.

    Deacon told the New York Post (http://bit.ly/1ezR3Z5 ) that prosecutors “have to pay for every day it made me suffer behind the wall for no reason.”

    A spokeswoman for the state attorney declined to comment on the lawsuit.


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    SandmanNY
    SandmanNY
    9 years ago

    The cops and DA’s are guilty of this too often – and particularly against people of color. Shame.

    Sherree
    Sherree
    9 years ago

    You go Deacon. Bring them all in for depositions and make them public!!!! Drag them through the mud. Give them a taste if their own medicine.