Hey, Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes? You Need to Go. Here Are 8 Reasons Why.
5) DA’s Office Strong Arms Witnesses, Unjustly Sends Man To Jail for Murder
The man in question, Jabbar Collins, served 15 years in jail before his conviction was overturned and he was released. Based on an anonymous tip, Collins was arrested for the 1994 murder of Abraham Pollock. Gothamist reported that Collins steadfastly proclaimed his innocence and worked tirelessly to prove it over the course of the 15 years of jail time that he served. A judge overturned his sentence in 2010 after finding that the DA’s office had never released certain information to the defense. This information included the fact that witnesses were threatened and bribed by the DA’s office. Collins returned to his family, including his three children, one of whom was only a year old when her father was first arrested.