Biff_Poindexter
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Final cases tied to former NYPD detective charged with perjury thrown out
On Thursday, a Bronx Supreme Court threw out 67 remaining low-level drug cases tied to Joseph Franco.
abc7ny.com
"More than 130 convictions relying on the testimony of a former undercover NYPD detective accused of lying and framing innocent people have been thrown out. The Bronx district attorney says there will be a total of more than 500 cases dismissed because they rely on testimony from former Detective Joseph Franco. In April 2019, a New York County grand jury indicted Franco on 16 counts of first-degree perjury and related charges. In July 2019, a grand jury indicted him on 10 additional counts of first-degree perjury and related charges.
"It shows you the unbelievable ripple effect that one individual who wears a shield can have on lives of hundreds, if not thousands," said a criminal defense attorney with The Legal Aid Society. Franco's attorney, however, called the move reckless when the Brooklyn DA dismissed 90 cases in April 2021."
This is what happens when you let these people into positions of power they are not qualified for....they get all uppity and don't know their place and make dumb decisions like this....and look at her, we know why she did this....would she had done this to a black cop?? All of this talk about "criminal justice and judicial reform" wasn't supposed to be aimed at good cops like Franco...This DA should be impeached and removed from office...
Instead of having the back of her fellow law enforcement officials; this DA has sided with the criminals and dismissed over 100 cases and possibly releasing murderers and rapists back onto the streets..was this her trying to be down for her peeps??....and to make matters worse, this move is very unfair to Det. Franco's case; because it draws attention to him and it may create a toxic and biased atmosphere against him with potential jurors...