People who have pleaded guilty to crimes they didn’t commit would have an easier time challenging their convictions under a bill passed by New York lawmakers this week.
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That prohibition would be eased under the bill. Other types of evidence of innocence could be considered, as well as arguments that a person was coerced into pleading guilty. ” had their convictions thrown out in 2002, it didn’t apply to Lopez, who had avoided rape charges by pleading guilty to a robbery elsewhere in the park the same night. until last year, after the Manhattan district attorney reviewing the case concluded his guilty plea was done involuntarily under immense pressure.
In New York, 94% of felony cases result in plea bargains, according to the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
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