I am so proud of my son who was part of a Conviction Review group that just freed a wrongly

[CTyankee]

convicted man imprisoned for 20 years.

My son is an assistant DA at the Brooklyn DA's office. This unit has worked to free 20 innocent people who were convicted of crimes they did not commit

The story is in the NY Daily News:http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/man-wrongfully-convicted-91-brooklyn-murder-walk-free-article-1.2559747

My son's niece, my granddaughter, accompanied him to this event.

It is such a pleasure to know my son was working to restore the public's faith in our criminal justice system.

[PoliticAverse]

1. Best wishes to him! n/t

[CTyankee]

3. thanks. he's a good guy...

[Sunlei]

2. What a beautiful smile, makes me smile. He's so happy to be free again.

[Heidi]

4. Kick!

[Coventina]

5. Huge K&R!!

[Divernan]

6. You raised him right, Mom! Congratulations all around!

There should be a Law & Order: Special Innocence Project series.

[CTyankee]

14. yes, indeed! but there was a time when all he wanted to be was a drummer in a

rock band and I was beside myself! He ended up graduating from an Ivy League college and went on to law school. He still plays with a band on the weekend with his wife who sings. They have the cutest little boy in the world, if I do say so myself!

[Divernan]

15. My son played base guitar in a rock group as an undergrad.

They scattered to pick up master's degrees and then got back together in "The City", worked day jobs while playing gigs for a year, did a college tour, & cut one record which got good reviews - but good musicians are in over supply, and they couldn't make a living at it, so they got on with their lives. My son ended up a prize-winning investigative reporter/environmentalist, but still loves to play guitar. One report of his triggered a congressional investigation into Shell Oil's drilling equipment for inadequate safety performance. And it was a highlight of this single mom's whole life to be his "date" at the Sigma Delta Chi award ceremony at the National Press Club.

When he took that year off, his grandmother was beside herself - oh, all his good education going to waste. But I said, hey, he's always worked hard and been responsible - this is the time in his life to take a fling like this, and not as a midlife crisis: "Oh, I never went gold-mining in Alaska." And very ironically, he eventually did spend several years in Alaska, reporting out of Juneau for 2 years, and last year spent 4 months in the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands - in what passes for summer in the Arctic. He interviewed Caribou Barbie back when she was governor. I asked him what it was like. He replied, "Word salad."

I envy you your grandchild - I only have grandcats and one grandhorse!

Thanks for listening/reading!

[Initech]

7. Awesome!!!

[blm]

8. Good job, mom. ; )

.

[Orrex]

9. What a noble cause!

Congratulations to your son and his team for freeing Hatchett!

[Omaha Steve]

10. Thanks for posting

K&R!

OS

[7wo7rees]

11. Congrats, you have much to be proud of!

[trof]

12. K/R

[Worried senior]

13. You have a

right to be very proud.

Love seeing justice, sad it doesn't happen nearly enough.

[yardwork]

16. Very cool! You and your family rock.