The Latest Breaking News from Joseph Franco

NYC prosecutor drops over 300 convictions tied to officers found guilty of crimes

Manhattan’s top prosecutor has disavowed over 300 convictions tied to New York City police officers who were themselves found guilty of crimes

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2023

Brickbats: May 2023

News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world.

Reason · Apr 30, 2023

Brickbat: Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right

New York City prosecutors had some 550 convictions in cases investigated by police officer Joseph Franco thrown out, most involving low-level drug offenses. Franco was charged with perjury and misconduct after investigators in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office found video they said showed several drug buys Franco claimed to witness…

Reason · Feb 8, 2023

Brickbats: May 2022

News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world.

Reason · May 1, 2022

Imagine Having a Decade of Your Life Erased. It Happened to 161 People Exonerated from Prison in 2021.

A new report shows wrongfully convicted people serving 1,849 years behind bars across the United States before being released last year.

Reason · Apr 13, 2022

Brickbat: Tainted Testimony

Bronx Supreme Court Justice David Lewis tossed convictions against 133 defendants in cases in which former New York Police Department detective Joseph Franco testified. Franco has been indicted on 26 counts of felony perjury. Last year, the Brooklyn district attorney dismissed 93 other cases which relied on Franco's testimony.

Reason · Feb 2, 2022

New York judge tosses over 100 convictions tied to former NYPD detective accuse of lying

The former detective may have tainted more than 500 cases with false testimony

The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2022