Brooklyn, NY – Man Wrongly Jailed For Killing Orthodox Jew Receives $3M In State Settlement

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    FILE - Jabbar Collins in June, after his sentence was overturned (AP) Brooklyn, NY – A wrongly convicted Brooklyn man who was jailed for 16 years received a $3 million settlement from the state.

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    Jabbar Collins was convicted of killing Rabbi Avraham Pollack in 1995.

    In 2010 Collins was exonerated of the crime and released from prison.

    A civil rights claim against the city by Collins for $150 million is still open.

    Three witnesses whose testimony helped put Collins in jail recanted their statements and one witness said Michael Vecchione, former Brooklyn prosecutor, threatened him if he refused to testify. Vecchione denied the accusation.

    Former Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes headed the investigation at the time. Collins’ suit claims the former DA’s office ignored misconduct in the case.


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    PaulinSaudi
    PaulinSaudi
    9 years ago

    Only three million? That does not seem to be enough.

    yidineh
    yidineh
    9 years ago

    if, in fact, he was wrongly convicted, what difference does it make if the victim was an orthodox jew or not.