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Brian Kendall's 25-Year Fight for Justice | New York City News
After 16 years behind bars for a murder he insists he didn’t commit, Brian Kendall is suing New York City, alleging detectives manipulated witness testimony and coerced a false confession to secure his conviction. Now 55 and deported to Guyana, Kendall’s case was reopened in 2022 by the Brooklyn DA’s Conviction Review Unit, which found he was likely innocent — citing ignored eyewitnesses and hidden evidence. The city’s Law Department says it will review the case, while Kendall seeks accountability and damages from the NYPD and former detectives, arguing this wasn’t an isolated injustice but…
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