3 murder verdicts vacated in case investigated by killer cop

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By KEVIN McGILL

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Three men imprisoned since the 1990s for a fatal New Orleans drive-by shooting were ordered freed on Wednesday, their convictions vacated by a judge after prosecutors cited the involvement of two notorioulsy corrupt police officers in their case.

Kunta Gable and Leroy Nelson were 17 when they were arrested shortly after the Aug. 22, 1994, shooting death of Rondell Santinac at the Desire housing development in the south Louisiana city. Also arrested with them was Bernell Juluke, then 18.

The men were ordered released on Wednesday by a state judge who vacated their convictions, acting upon a joint motion by defense lawyers and District Attorney Jason Williams’ Civil Rights Division.

The motion described numerous problems with the original case. Among them, it said, the state failed to disclose evidence undermining the case against the men.



Family members of Leroy Nelson, Bernell Juluke, and Kunta Gable smile as they stand outside Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in New Orleans after the three men, convicted for a 1990s crime, were ordered freed on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2022, in part because of the role former officer and convicted killer Len Davis played in the investigation. Prosecutors joined defense lawyers in seeking to have their convictions thrown out. The women said they were going straight from the courthouse to Angola Penitentiary for the men's release today. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)


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[RussBLib]

1. Horrible cops!

One of the cops, Len Davis, is in prison, likely to get the death penalty, and deservedly so, for grossly abusing the trust placed in him as a cop. Serve and protect? In Davis' case, serve and protect drug dealers. Fucking slime bucket.

[Archae]

4. Death penalty? Did he murder anyone?

Or will one of the inmates kill him?

[RussBLib]

5. From the link

Last paragraph

(Officer) Davis was later convicted for arranging the death of a woman who filed a complaint against him in an unrelated matter and is facing a federal death sentence.

[Deuxcents]

2. Can't read th article.. too many ads but..

Will these families sue? What happens to the cop n prosecutors? A serious wrong needs some kind of closure

[keopeli]

3. 30 years of their lives stolen. Those teens are in their 50s now. Such a tragedy.