词条 | New York State Police Troop C scandal |
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The New York State Police Troop C scandal involved the fabrication of evidence by members of the New York State Police, which was used to convict suspects in Central New York. John SpencerIn April 1993, Craig D. Harvey, a New York State Police trooper was charged with fabricating evidence. Harvey admitted he and another trooper lifted fingerprints from items the suspect, John Spencer, touched while in Troop C headquarters during booking. He attached the fingerprints to evidence cards and later claimed that he had pulled the fingerprints from the scene of the murder. The forged evidence was presented during John Spencer's trial and his subsequent conviction resulted in a term, of 50 years to life in prison, at his sentencing.[1] Shirley KingeOne fabrication involved the 1989 murders of the Harris family of Dryden, New York. In their home, Warren and Dolores Harris, their daughter, Shelby, 15, and their son, Marc, 11, were bound and blindfolded, Shelby was raped and sodomized, all four were shot in the head and the house was doused with gasoline and set on fire. State police investigators say that evidence led them to Michael Kinge, and that officers killed him when he pointed a shotgun at them during the execution of a search warrant.[2] His mother, Shirley Kinge, admitted to using a credit card stolen from the Harris home, which led investigators to consider her a potential accomplice. New York State Police had also previously obtained a sworn statement from a resident on the same road of the Harris home (approximately four miles west from the Harris home and one mile east of the parking lot where the Harris van had been found following the murders). In the sworn statement, the witness stated that "on December 23, 1989, at approximately 6:50 a.m., he was exiting his driveway when he saw a slow-moving van approaching his driveway from the east."[3] The witness "identified the driver of this van as a light-skinned black male wearing a stocking cap, and further stated that he was accompanied by a female passenger, also light-skinned but darker than the driver, who appeared older than the driver. He indicated that his description of the occupants of the van matched the composite sketches of the suspects which had been publicized by the news media."[3] The witness later withdrew his statement.[3] Officers Harding and Lishansky, of Troop C, also claimed that they found fingerprints on gasoline cans found at the Harris home. Kinge was convicted of burglary and arson and received a sentence of 17 to 44 years in prison. She served two and a half years before Harding and Lishansky admitted that the fingerprint evidence had been fabricated by retrieving fingerprints of Ms. Kinge from her job and asserting they found them on the cans. Her conviction was later overturned.[4] After being released, Kinge brought suit against the State of New York, claiming damages of over $500 million.[5] The Court of Claims eventually ruled in favor of Kinge on the claims of (1) malicious prosecution and (2) negligent supervision and awarded her $250,000, noting as follows: ″In sum, the actions of Senior Investigator McElligott, or in this case, an unjustified and complete lack of supervision and control, allowed Investigator Harding the time and opportunity to fabricate fingerprint evidence which ultimately became the only significant evidence placing claimant at the Harris home. There can be no dispute that such fabricated evidence played a key role in her conviction for these crimes. Without such evidence, this court finds that probable cause did not exist to prosecute claimant for any of the crimes which occurred at the Harris family home. Claimant has established her malicious prosecution cause of action. CIA interviewThe scandal became known when Trooper David L. Harding was interviewed for a job at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He was asked if he was willing to break the law for his country. He answered "yes", then explained how he worked to convict people he felt sure were guilty by fabricating evidence. He assumed the CIA would be pleased with his answer, but instead they notified the United States Department of Justice. There was a 14-month delay between the discovery of the misconduct and any action taken.[4] Troopers
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References1. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=An Officer's Guilt Casts Shadow on Trials |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/04/nyregion/an-officer-s-guilt-casts-shadow-on-trials.html |quote=The first evidence-tampering scandal in state police history has cast a shadow over criminal trials in central New York State, making prosecutors' jobs more difficult, lawyers and law-enforcement officials say. The scandal broke last fall, when a state police investigator with Troop C, David L. Harding, admitted fabricating fingerprint ...|publisher=New York Times |date=March 4, 1993 |accessdate=2007-06-21 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:New York State Police Troop C Scandal}}2. ^ https://cortlandvoice.com/2015/09/21/shirley-kinge-wrongfully-convicted-after-1989-dryden-murders-dies-at-80/ 3. ^1 2 3 http://www.courts.state.ny.us/Reporter/3dseries/2007/2007_27561.htm 4. ^1 {{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Supervision of Troopers Faulted In Evidence-Tampering Scandal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/04/nyregion/supervision-of-troopers-faulted-in-evidence-tampering-scandal.html |quote=Concluding a four-year investigation into the worst scandal in state police history, a special prosecutor said today that troopers were able to plant evidence routinely in criminal cases across a broad swath of rural New York because they had no fear of detection by supervisors, who maintained a willful ...|publisher=New York Times |date=February 4, 1997 |accessdate=2007-06-21 }} 5. ^https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/06/nyregion/woman-sues-in-rigging-of-evidence-by-troopers.html 6. ^1 {{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Police Investigation Supervisor Admits Faking Fingerprints |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/30/nyregion/police-investigation-supervisor-admits-faking-fingerprints.html |quote=In a widening scandal that has rocked the New York State Police, a lieutenant who supervised criminal investigations in seven upstate counties admitted yesterday that he had faked fingerprint evidence in three cases. The lieutenant, Craig D. Harvey, also said in court in Delhi, N.Y., that he had been assisted in fabricating evidence by another lieutenant, Patrick O'Hara, who works out of state police headquarters in Albany supervising drug and organized-crime investigations. |publisher=New York Times |date=July 30, 1993 |accessdate=2007-06-21 }} 6 : Evidence law|Fingerprints|Law enforcement in New York (state)|Overturned convictions in the United States|Police misconduct in the United States|Law enforcement scandals |
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