More wrongfully convicted Brooklyn defendants released after decades in prison
11th Defendant Released Due to Faulty Evidence
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office announced the release of yet another wrongly convicted defendant on Wednesday — a statement that is becoming all too familiar.
“In the interest of justice, I [asked] the court … to vacate the murder convictions of David McCallum and Willie Stuckey,” D.A. Kenneth Thompson said in a released statement.
McCallum and Stuckey were convicted for the 1985 robbery, kidnapping and murder of Nathan Blenner and were sentenced to a prison term of 25 years to life. The conviction was largely based on confessions by the defendants, who were both 16 years old in 1985.