Wrong photo led to NYC man's faulty murder conviction: DA

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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.

Based on that identification, detectives went to the home of the first Sheldon Thomas and arrested him, investigators said.

The judge nonetheless found that there was probable cause to arrest Thomas based on “verified information from unknown callers” and the fact that he supposedly resembled the other Thomas, investigators said. Investigators from the Conviction Review Unit reinterviewed witnesses and found that the detectives, particularly Reedy, had harassed Thomas after his earlier gun arrest and that they coached a witness to identify Thomas as one of the shooters in the Bercy killing because they “were intent on arresting defendant.”Article content

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