For more than 30 years, James Jenkins has been in prison on a murder conviction, but he insists heâs an innocent man.
Jenkins was convicted in a case worked by retired NYPD Det. Louis Scarcella. Scarcellaâs investigative tactics have come into question after 15 people he helped convict were exonerated.
A court hearing underway in Brooklyn could help Jenkins clear his name.
Jenkins was convicted in the 1986 murder of Jamie Prieto. Prieto was gunned down in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn â" the unintended target of a shooting. Scarcella arrested Jenkins weeks later.
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BROOKLYN, N.Y. â" For more than 30 years, James Jenkins has been in prison on a murder conviction, but he insists heâs an innocent man.
Jenkins was convicted in a case worked by retired NYPD Det. Louis Scarcella. Scarcellaâs investigative tactics have come into question after 15 people he helped [...]
