Brooklyn man cleared nearly 40 years after fatal shooting, despite previous desperate guilty plea

Brooklyn man cleared nearly 40 years after fatal shooting, despite previous desperate guilty plea

The Brooklyn DA’s Conviction Review Unit exonerated its 40th defendant, a murder suspect so desperate to avoid returning to prison for a crime he did not commit that he accepted a plea deal that kept him out of jail. Keith Roberts, 67, spent eight years in prison for murder before accepting a plea deal in … Read more

Mayor Adams may face more charges in sweeping corruption probe, ‘quite likely’ more defendants to be charged: feds

Mayor Adams may face more charges in sweeping corruption probe, ‘quite likely’ more defendants to be charged: feds

Mayor Adams may face more charges in his historic federal corruption case for allegedly selling his political influence to Turkish powerbrokers in a years-long conspiracy — along with several others in his orbit “likely” to be indicted, prosecutors divulged in court Wednesday. Hagan Scotten, a prosecutor for Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams’ office, made the … Read more