After a Netflix documentary last year raised doubts about his guilt and that of another man convicted in the killing, the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. launched a review of the case.
After a Netflix documentary last year raised doubts about his guilt and that of another man convicted in the killing, the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. launched a review of the case.
Vance’s office and the Innocence Project, which is part of Aziz’s legal team, announced on Wednesday that two men would be exonerated on Thursday afternoon in New York State Supreme Court. While the announcement did not name the men, two people familiar with proceedings identified one of them as Aziz.
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