InnocenceProject

Wow, that is a good question. From the get go, I was never a criminal, that was number one. In prison I was able to get my degree and did a lot of reading, and when I got out of prison, it was with the hopes of being productive.

At the end of the day, I don't look at the officers themselves, I look at the people who are in charge of the system. Those who make the rules, the policies and the procedures, those are the people we have to hold accountable.

No we have not. For over 13 years she has been told a lie that we were still guilty because she befriended prosecutors and detectives in this case, and so we never pushed the issue to meet with her, but if she ever wants to talk to us our door is open.

Miranda rights were read. But as a 14 year old kid, who was put in a situation where he does not know what is going on, it went over my head. And so also you know the police, when you are put in a situation like that and you have nothing to hide, they encourage that, they say well if you have nothing to hide you can talk to us. But as a 14 year old kid, you don't really know what Miranda is.

I'm not angry because when you are angry it can eat you up from the inside out, and it can cloud your judgement and your vision. So I am not angry, but there is this feeling of disappointment because we are still dealing with this civil case for 10 years now. And as long as this case is still in litigation, it is very hard to finally close this scar and move forward.

An apology, yes. A settlement would be nice. But the reason why this case isn't settled or finished is because of Mayor Bloomberg. You know we have received proclamations from the City Council, from the State Senate, the Attorney General has said this case needs to be settled, and also the City Comptroller, the only person left who has not spoken on this case is Mayor Bloomberg.