NYC prosecutor: Nix convictions in ’85 killing

By Jennifer Peltz
Published October 15, 2014 6:44am ET
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NYC prosecutor: Nix convictions in ’85 killing
In this November 2009 photo provided by Marc Lamy, David McCallum sits for a photo while shooting a documentary film, "David & Me", at Arthur Kill correctional facility in New York. Now, almost 30 years later, Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson plans to ask a judge Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, to throw out the convictions of McCallum and the late Willie Stuckey, saying their convictions hinged on made-up confessions peppered with details seemingly supplied by police. (AP Photo/Marc Lamy) | Marc Lamy

NEW YORK (AP) — Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson says two men who’ve served years in prison were wrongfully convicted of a 1985 killing. He says they falsely confessed to kidnapping and shooting a man and taking his car.

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