Brooklyn, NY – In a reversal from his campaign stance in which he staunchly denied the practice, ex-Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes has admitted under oath that his office routinely detained material witness in criminal cases as “prisoners.”
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NYDAILYNEWS.com (http://bit.ly/1lfonTr) reports that in his Dec. 19 sworn deposition in connection with Jabbar Collins’ $150M wrongful prosecution lawsuit against the city, Hynes said of the material witnesses, “You would go to a jail or go to a hotel room . . . typically the stay, as I understood it, was an overnight stay and then they would testify and that would be the end of it. They were not free to leave; so sure, they were prisoners.”
Hynes’ statement is a vast departure from the stance he took on the matter during his failed reelection campaign, telling a candidate’s forum in June, “We have never held anyone against their will. We work through the material-witness process and that means a witness is brought before a judge forthwith, or as soon as can be.”
Hynes’ statement comes from the same deposition in which he testified that he no longer believes Collins in guilty of killing Rabbi Abraham Pollack in Williamsburg in 1994.
It makes me sick the blatant lying that occurs and it tolerated from politicians. It’s across the board and not limited to any party. It’s become acceptable so long as there is any possible thread of truth in the statement.
What a low life!
wonder when he will testify that he “admits ” that Nachmia Weberman is no longer guilty
It seems his office was an unethical mess.
Lying ex politician!
Congratulations and kudos to all of us who campaigned diligently to oust him from his seat of respectability and Kovod!!!! Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely!!!
District attorneys should be appointed for a specific term and NOT ELECTED. No more pandering to ANY special interest groups.