This Man Spent 18 Years in Prison Because of Mugshot of Another Man With Same Name | NBC New York

A photo of another person with the same name led to the wrongful arrest of a New York City man who has spent more than 18 years behind bars for murder, prosecutors said Thursday as they moved to vacate the conviction. NBC New York’s Melissa Colorado reports.

[ChinkyChan]

How can a man be falsely imprisoned for 18 years but the people who lied under oath & wrongfully testified get no prison or jail time? This pisses me off so much.

[sidewayschicken]

Stuff like this brings tears to your eyes. Feel so sorry for him. A third of his life he spent behind bars for something he never did.

[marcelbey-el]

their apologies are not enough, that man deserves at least 50million tax free dollars, and the police and courts who falsely testified against him needs to be put in prison for destroying that man's life.

[KevinDFuller]

Our broken judicial system stole his youth from him! This breaks my heart 💔 He needs to be compensated for all the priceless years of his life that was wrongfully taken away.

[ladybird]

I have no words, this is devastating and shocking, JUSTICE NEED SERVED FOR HIM AS WELL ASAP.

[iloveplayingpr]

That's 18 years in prison for a false conviction, they better compensate him to the fullest.

[gotchaback]

OMG….this is very very sad. 20 years lost over incompetence. How do you fix My heart cries for you young man.

[reallive]

Being locked up at age 17 for a murder you didn't do for 18yrs and still come out with peace in your heart🙌🏾

[anitajoiner]

WHEN THIS YOUNG MAN SAID HE FORGIVE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT PUT HIM IN PRISON! THAT BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES 😢! WHAT A REMARKABLE INDIVIDUAL!

[Cloudss]

Devastating. This man is lucky to still be alive. Consider the number of regular people just like this man who were falsely imprisoned but died while in prison. Prison and jail are violent and unpredictable battlefields … oh my God 😢

[vj]

God bless you brother. You are one of many who have been falsely accused in our community. I wish you all the best and hope that you sue them for taking away those years from you. Stay safe and God bless

[TECHLOVER_]

SHAME on all of the DA and the courts for arresting someone for 2 decades without valid evidence there is no amount of sorry that can fix this ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING they need to pay him for the rest of his life for stealing all those years from this young man 😡☹️

[professional.commentator]

This gets me so mad. How you convict an innocent man for two decades?? Messed up.

[semaj]

This is absolutely awful. I hope he and his family will be financially taken care of with at least 10M

[onceagain]

It's great that he's home.
Things like this happens, in part because the DA's and police don't really care about justice. Once you're in the system, they just want to keep you there, regardless of your guilt or innocence!

[whatujackintv.talkcast]

Paid that brother $18 million for that 18 years ..

This is sad 😞.
Mugshot don’t match at all 🤦🏾‍♂️

[jones]

This is so insane. I could not forgive anyone who played a role in that. What a guy he is.

[sheluvzane]

This how they been doing us for years🤬🤬

[ThomasFreeMe]

The problem is it took 18 years to prove this. Thats how ridiculous the system is

[quellss]

An apology isn’t enough they can start off with $100 million