Man exonerated after spending 21 years in prison for murder he did not commit after ‘policeman FRAMED him by convincing woman to testify she saw him shoot victim’

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Man exonerated after spending 21 years in prison for murder he did not commit after ‘policeman FRAMED him by convincing woman to testify she saw him shoot victim’

Derrick Hamilton, 49, was convicted of 1991 murder
Witness said she saw him shoot dead Nathaniel Cash in Brooklyn
She later recanted testimony, and conviction now overturned
Hamilton says former cop Louis Scarcella fabricated testimony
Said he intimidated Jewel Smith into saying she saw murder
Hamilton was paroled in 2011 – but is now officially an innocent man
By KIERAN CORCORAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

A man who spent 21 years in prison for murder had his conviction overturned today – and says he lost decades behind bars because of a crooked cop.
Derrick Hamilton, 49, was imprisoned for supposedly murdering Nathaniel Cash in 1991, but has always been adamant he had nothing to do with it.
Instead, he says, he was locked up because former NYPD detective Louis Scarcella intimidated a woman into claiming she witnessed him shoot Cash dead.
Exonerated: Derrick Hamilton, 49, was wrongfully convicted of a 1991 murder – and has only now had formal recognition that he was innocent all along

Exonerated: Derrick Hamilton, 49, was wrongfully convicted of a 1991 murder – and has only now had formal recognition that he was innocent all along
Family: Hamilton, pictured above holding his daughter outside court in Brooklyn, said was paroled three years ago and got a job as a paralegal even before the exoneration

Family: Hamilton, pictured above holding his daughter outside court in Brooklyn, said was paroled three years ago and got a job as a paralegal even before the exoneration
Cash’s girlfriend, Jewel Smith, told a court that she saw Hamilton kill her boyfriend, but later recanted.
A review of evidence in the case showed that Cash was shot in the back – while Smith’s testimony said he was hit in the chest. Ballistic analysis also showed that more than one gun had been fired, ABC7 reported.
Hamilton today held his young daughter in his arms as he spoke to reporters outside of a Brooklyn courthouse. He said: ‘One day in prison is too much for an innocent man. [Today is] exhilarating. It’s a grateful day.’
He was paroled in 2011, and got a job as a paralegal, but was only formally cleared of the murder on Friday…..more here

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Man exonerated after spending 21 years in prison for murder he did not commit after ‘policeman FRAMED him by convincing woman to testify she saw him shoot victim’