On Friday, July 13, released Sean Williams, Provisi in prison for almost 25 years. The man was released directly in a hall of the Brooklyn Supreme courtafter judge Sharen Hudson at the retrial overturned the original conviction.
Shawn Williams is a #free man Wrongly convicted his attorney Sam Hershey & @LegalAidNYC were able to get his conviction vacated Hear his story EWN @ 11 & @ABC7NY pic.twitter.com/HVbH4pWrfH
— Tim Fleischer (@TimFleischer7) July 14, 2018
Appealed the verdict Williams is already the 14th victory of the lawyers involved in the review of cases involving former detective NYPD Louis Scarcella.
Shawn Williams was arrested in 1993, charged with the murder of his neighbor, Marvin Mason. Since 1994, Williams was serving his term in correctional facility Clinton County. In the case of shifts after his attorney Victor HOU of Cleary Gottleib , together with its partners from the legal aid Society (Legal Aid Society) managed to find the only witness in the case – Margaret Smith. She refused his initial testimony, saying that Scarcella forced her to stipulate the Williams, insisted on his innocence.
At Friday’s meeting, the prosecutors did not mention Scarcello, and as Smith said she is «very sick» and «refuses to cooperate». Instead, they joined the security requirements for the release of Sean Williams.
Thank you @ClearyGottlieb for continuing to be a great #Pro Bono partner for @LegalAidNYC. 5 years of tireless work finally exonerates Shawn Williams, another victim of the notorious Bklyn Detective Louis Scarcella #LASprobono https://t.co/EOGLiATsR2
— Lou Sartori (@LouSartori) July 13, 2018
Williams, after leaving the courthouse, said how grateful I am to my lawyers. «After 20 years behind bars I finally got the opportunity to live as a free man. It was a long and hard battle. I was sent to prison for a crime I did not commit, condemned for the death of a childhood friend,» added the 41-year-old Sean Williams.
One of his attorneys Victor HOU said that «although Mr. Williams never will be able to return the years taken illegally, we hope he and his family can find some solace in this verdict.»
After it became known about another prisoner, who was jailed due to illegal actions of the former detective, many have a logical question — when Louis Scarcella will be brought to justice?
14 old cases of former NYPD Detective Louis Scarcella has been overturned as of yesterday and he has not been charged with anything
— Cipher Edithson (@UberCiph) July 14, 2018
Question that can’t be ignored: why isn’t Louis Scarcella in the jail himself at this point?
— JoshuaNorkin (@JoshuaNorkin) July 13, 2018
In may, we reported on another prisoner, which was conducted because of Louis’s Scarcely 18 years in prison on false charges.
