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Judge tosses murder conviction for man who served 25 years, rebuking a ‘troubling’ prosecution 
A Manhattan judge has tossed the murder conviction of a man who spent 25 years in prison after a review of his case revealed new evidence that may have been withheld by prosecutors, including thousands of dollars in payments made to the mother of their key eyewitness
Subway Slasher Convicted In Brutal Unprovoked Attack, DA Says
HELL'S KITCHEN, NY — A man who brutally attacked a stranger on a Midtown subway platform—stomping on his head and slashing him with a sharp object—has been convicted at trial, Manhattan prosecutors said.
Irate ex stalked, executed Harlem grandmother after she rebuffed his sexual advances: DA
A Harlem grandmother’s irate ex fatally shot her inside the bathroom of her daughter’s home where she’d fled after he beat and threatened to kill her for rebuffing his sexual advances, prosecutors allege in new information revealed about the horrific crime.
Harlem Woman Killed By Estranged Husband, Prosecutors Say
Eliud Garcia, 50, is accused of killing 47-year-old Basilisa Negron on Dec. 23, 2025, after months of alleged abuse, stalking and harassment, according to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
New York Prosecutors Warn of Rising Facebook and WhatsApp Scams Targeting Immigrants
W. L. was scrolling through his Facebook feed last Thursday morning when he saw a post claiming to be from the aid group Catholic Charities, offering free legal immigration services. “I got excited thinking it was real,” the 56-year-old Ecuadorian asylum seeker told Documented in Spanish.
Man Convicted of Raping Nurse in Her UES Apartment During Vicious Attack in Fall ‘24
The suspect, Donovan Murphy, was arrested by the NYPD Fugitive Task Force on Oct. 2, 2024, four days after the brutal attack. He broke into the nurses apartment at 3:40 a.m. on September 28. The 29-year-old nurse who was sleeping between shifts found him in bed next to her whereupon he began a vicious assault that left her with a fractured skull.
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