Derrick Deacon gives a hug to lawyer Rebecca Freedman in November 2013 after being found not guilty in his retrial.
Photo: Riyad Hasan
[From article]
A Brooklyn man who spent 25 years behind bars for a 1989 murder he didn’t commit is suing the city and a slew of cops for egregious civil rights violations, according to a federal lawsuit.
Derrick Deacon, 58, has already filed a $25 million lawsuit against the state in a pending case.
There was no dollar amount in the new suit against the city.
Deacon was convicted of killing 16-year-old Anthony Wynn in a Prospect Lefferts Garden building and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison before he was acquitted at a 2013 retrial.
Deacon had been granted a new trial in June 2012 after a Jamaican gang member told authorities that another man had actually committed the slaying.
[. . .]
In addition, another key witness who had originally placed him at the murder scene recanted her testimony at his retrial and testified that conviction-hungry cops and district attorney investigators coerced her bogus tale.
Colleen Campbell alleged that authorities threatened to take her children from her if she didn’t tailor her testimony against Deacon.
http://nypost.com/2015/02/18/man-sues-city-after-spending-25-years-in-prison-for-murder-he-didnt-commit/
Man sues city after spending 25 years in prison for murder he didn’t commit
By Selm Algar
February 18, 2015 | 1:51pm
New York Post
[From article]
A Brooklyn man who spent 25 years behind bars for a 1989 murder he didn’t commit is suing the city and a slew of cops for egregious civil rights violations, according to a federal lawsuit.
Derrick Deacon, 58, has already filed a $25 million lawsuit against the state in a pending case.
There was no dollar amount in the new suit against the city.
Deacon was convicted of killing 16-year-old Anthony Wynn in a Prospect Lefferts Garden building and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison before he was acquitted at a 2013 retrial.
Deacon had been granted a new trial in June 2012 after a Jamaican gang member told authorities that another man had actually committed the slaying.
[. . .]
In addition, another key witness who had originally placed him at the murder scene recanted her testimony at his retrial and testified that conviction-hungry cops and district attorney investigators coerced her bogus tale.
Colleen Campbell alleged that authorities threatened to take her children from her if she didn’t tailor her testimony against Deacon.
http://nypost.com/2015/02/18/man-sues-city-after-spending-25-years-in-prison-for-murder-he-didnt-commit/
Man sues city after spending 25 years in prison for murder he didn’t commit
By Selm Algar
February 18, 2015 | 1:51pm
New York Post
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