An Ex-Detective’s Overturned Murder Cases Have Cost New York $110 Million

Authors

Derrick Hamilton, Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice at Cardozo LawFollow

Date

11-20-2023

Description

Derrick Hamilton, Deputy Director of The Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice, Quoted in The New York Times on Ex-Detective Whose Overturned Murder Cases Have Cost New York Millions

Hamilton led the charge against ex-detective Scarcella from behind prison bars before he was exonerated in 2015. He told the Times that more defendants are waiting to have their cases heard. “It hasn’t stopped,” he said. “They’re still coming.”

Publisher

The New York Times

Recommended Citation

Hamilton, Derrick, "An Ex-Detective’s Overturned Murder Cases Have Cost New York $110 Million" (2023). Perlmutter Center News. 5.
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/perlmutter-center-news/5