Johnny Hincapie, left, and Ronald Kuby, who was his attorney during Hincapie’s bid to get his conviction overturned, speak with reporters on Jan. 25, 2017, outside the Manhattan Civil Court building following the announcement that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. would not retry Hincapie. Photo: Andrew Denney/NYLJ.
Johnny Hincapie, convicted in 1990 at the age of 18 for taking part in an infamous subway platform murder of a Utah tourist but later freed after new evidence cast doubt on his guilt, filed a wrongful conviction suit against the city Thursday.
The complaint alleges the detectives named in the suit manufactured evidence, coerced confessions and concealed misconduct in an attempt to make the headline-inducing crime reach a quick conclusion.
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