Curtis Brodner is a New York City-based reporter covering criminal justice, housing and metro news. His work has appeared in Hell Gate, Hyperallergic and 1010 WINS.
Our investigation into conviction integrity units reveals that they reinforce a broken system. Help us expand on this reporting.
The letters paint a picture of a CIU process rife with roadblocks, especially for applicants who didn’t have lawyers.
A once-touted statewide conviction review unit lacks independence, authority, and transparency — and Albany hasn’t moved to fix it.
Prisoners seeking help from the AG’s office have little chance of review. Here’s one applicant’s story.
The attorney general’s conviction review bureau has investigated just a handful of innocence claims of the hundreds it’s received since 2012.