Don't Forgive Cops Whose Lies Put Innocent People in Prison

[JoeOtterbein]

The Dsaily Beast

Sheldon Thomas forgave the NYPD detectives and prosecutors whose deceptions stole 18 years of his life. We shouldn’t.

Tana Ganeva
Published Mar. 14, 2023 9:06PM ET

Last week, Sheldon Thomas walked out of prison, after having served 18 years of a 25-year sentence for a crime he likely didn’t commit.

Thomas’ path to incarceration began in 2004, when NYPD Detectives Robert Reedy and Michael Martin showed a picture of a young Black man to a witness, who identified him as being in the car linked to a shooting.

The photo was of someone named Sheldon Thomas, but it was not the Sheldon Thomas who would soon lose almost two decades of his life to unjust incarceration. Later, once those same detectives realized they busted the wrong Sheldon Thomas, they proceeded to build the case against him anyway.

Prosecutors also knew about the false identification, before and during Thomas’ 2006 trial. Eventually, so did Vincent Del Giucice—the judge who sentenced Thomas to a quarter-century behind bars, but later did not vacate Thomas’ sentence or order a new trial once he learned of officers’ lies—according to the Brooklyn district attorney’s office.

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I don't remember agreeing with any headline more!

[onecaliberal]

1. The people who knew what they were doing need to go to prison for a long time.

[JoeOtterbein]

2. +1 nt

[Bluethroughu]

3. It's the only way to end malicious wrongful incarceration of innocent people.

[onecaliberal]

4. A VERY long time.

[electric_blue68]

5. +100