Perlmutter Center News
He Was Falsely Convicted of Murder. So He Studied Law in Prison – And Freed Himself
Date
6-17-2024
Description
Derrick Hamilton, Deputy Director of the Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice, Featured in The Guardian About Ex-Detective Louis Scarcella, Who Put Him Behind Bars For a Crime He Did Not Commit
“Scarcella was a product of the time,” Hamilton said. “When he called you a murderer or a killer, people really believed him. That’s my biggest thing with him: he was given the ability to close cases, and it didn’t matter whether he did it within the framework of the Constitution or whether or not people actually got justice.”
Publisher
The Guardian
Recommended Citation
Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo Law, "He Was Falsely Convicted of Murder. So He Studied Law in Prison – And Freed Himself" (2024). Perlmutter Center News. 12.
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/perlmutter-center-news/12
