A man by the name of Alan Newton was convicted of rape in 1985 and sentenced to 40 years in prison, for a crime he didn’t commit. While incarcerated, Newton continued to fight for his innocence and made a request to test the victim’s rape kit in 1994. At the time, the New York Police Department claimed to have misplaced it. It wasn’t until 2005 that the NYPD tested him and discovered that he did not commit the crime. Two years later, Alan Newton filed a lawsuit against the city of New York, and on Tuesday (October 19), Newton was awarded $18.6 million.
When asked how he felt after hearing the verdict:
“When the exoneration came, I felt a sense of justice; this is the next level. I am elated, but it really hasn’t kicked in yet,” said Newton, who now works for City University of New York and has said he’ll use part of the money to pay for law school.On what else he plans on doing in the future:
“I want to help people that are in need in the justice system,” he said. [READ MORE]
ALAN NEWTON INTERVIEW W/ THE INNOCENCE PROJECT
In 2007, Alan Newton was interviewed by The Innocence Project, a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. Check out the video below:
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