Prosecutors disavow 3 convictions in 1995 NYC subway killing
Prosecutors disavow 3 convictions in 1995 NYC subway killing
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors are disavowing the convictions of three men who spent decades in prison for one of the most horrifying crimes of New York’s violent 1990s — the killing of a clerk who was set on fire in a subway toll booth.
Vincent Ellerbe, James Irons and Thomas Malik confessed to and were convicted of murdering token seller Harry Kaufman in 1995. The case resounded from New York to…