Guilty after proven innocent: the challenge of challenging wrongful convictions (Part II)
The dramatized injustices against the Exonerated Five shown in the Netflix miniseries “When They See Us” sickened Steve Lopez’s daughter.
Guilty after proven innocent: the challenge of challenging wrongful convictions (Part I)
by TANDY LAU Amsterdam News Staff, Report for America Corps Member
January 18, 2024
Most New Yorkers can’t contest wrongful convictions without DNA evidence. Exoneree Steve Lopez wants to change that
Steve Lopez got his name back last summer. Well, almost. Looking at his case on the National Registry of Exonerations website, he asks who the heck Steven Lopez is. Steven Lopez is his son’s name. He’s just Steve.
6th teen who pleaded guilty in Central Park jogger exonerated
The sixth teen, Steven Lopez, pleaded guilty to avoid the rape charge.
Eric Shapiro Renfroe ’15 Makes Practicing Criminal Law a Family Affair
Eric Renfroe ’15 is a criminal defense attorney who was born into a family of lawyers.
Central Park Jogger
A co-defendant of the so-called Central Park Five, whose convictions in a notorious 1989 rape of a jogger were thrown out more than a decade later, had his conviction on a related charge overturned Monday.
Sixth Defendant in ‘Central Park Five’ Rape Case Set to Be Exonerated
An overlooked sixth co-defendant in the Central Park Five saga.
Sixth Teenager Charged in Central Park Jogger Case Is Exonerated
Steven Lopez had a robbery charge linked to the 1989 attack cleared from his record.
Forgotten sixth Central Park Five co-defendant Steven Lopez to be exonerated
A sixth man indicted in the infamous Central Park Five rape case.
New trial ordered for Poughkeepsie man convicted of 2018 murder
A Poughkeepsie man convicted of murdering a man in the city will get a new trial.
Ex-Wake Forest coach avoids jail after ‘one-punch’ death of Florida tourist in NYC
A Poughkeepsie man convicted of murdering a man in the city will get a new trial.
Animal breeder sentenced to three years probation after Queens jury finds him not guilty of dogfighting-related charges
An animal breeder accused of raising fighting dogs was sentenced Wednesday to just three years probation after a Queens jury decided he wasn’t guilty of canine abuse.