According to a New York Times article here, federal authorities have concluded that five persons imprisoned for two 1995 murders, including that of New York cab driver Baithe Diop, are innocent. The four men and a woman were convicted of the murders, which at the time were said to be related by prosecutors who prevailed at trial and in appeals. The convictions came into question when Eric Glisson, one of the convicted men, wrote a letter to federal prosecutors stating that he was innocent, and he had heard that one of the murders was committed by a Bronx narcotics gang.
His story gelled with confessions given independently to a federal agent in 2003 by two of the gang’s former members, who were seeking to work a deal. The Times reported that the U.S. Attorney’s office shared the results of its subsequent thorough review of the case to the Bronx district attorney’s office.
Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson indicated on Thursday that his office had not yet been able “to resolve all of the questions that have been raised by this evidence.” Attorneys for the convicted persons are expected to file papers requesting a vacation of the verdicts.
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