Alvin Bragg is the 37th District Attorney elected in Manhattan. Alvin – a lifelong Manhattanite who served as a state and federal prosecutor – has spent more than two decades fighting to make our communities safer and our criminal justice system fairer.
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Two Harlem men exonerated 30 years after coerced confessions
“The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner was able to conduct more advanced DNA testing than was available at the time, and the DNA of Mr. Collins and Mr. Boles was not found on the descendent,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg told reporters Thursday.
Murder convictions vacated for 2 men after spending decades behind bars
"We have two men who went to jail for decades for a conviction we no longer have confidence in, we also have an unsolved homicide," said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Duo exonerated in brutal 1994 NYC murder — after they wrongly served decades in prison: ‘Cannot undo the past’
Two wrongly accused men were exonerated Thursday in a brutal 1994 murder in Harlem – after they both served decades behind bars.
Coerced into false murder confessions as teens, two NYC men are cleared decades later
Brian Boles and Charles Collins spent a combined 52 years behind bars for the murder of James Reid, an 85-year-old neighbor of Boles who was strangled to death in his Harlem apartment on Feb. 8, 1994.
2 men cleared in 1994 killing that sent them to prison for decades. New DNA tests cast doubt
Two men who went to prison as teenagers for a 1994 killing were exonerated Thursday, after prosecutors said new DNA testing and a fresh look at other evidence made it impossible to stand by the convictions.
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