Conclusion Meanings:
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - The alleged conduct was investigated but could not determine both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
Further details on conclusions.
Named in 2 known lawsuits.
Hamilton, Lance, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 702365/2017,
Supreme Court - Queens, March 2, 2017, ended October 15, 2020
Administrative Closing
Complaint
Description: On August 5, 2010, Plaintiffs were alleged to have committed the murder of Damien Campbell by shooting him with a pistol. Had the Defendant Officers investigated this case/matter they would have realized that there is no credible evidence against the Plaintiff and that most certainly the actual killer was Shamiek Corbett. The eyewitness presented/produced was not credible and Defendant Officers had given misleading evidence, but more important, the instrument used in this murder and the decedent's recovered phone, the most pieces evidences, were concealed by the Defendants. Plaintiffs were incarcerated for over 5 years and made to defend a criminal case.
Hamilton, Lance and Bowen, Trevor vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV01255,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, March 18, 2016, ended February 6, 2017
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On August 5, 2010, plaintiffs were alleged to have committed the murder of Damian Campbell. They were indicted and incarcerated on Rikers Island for five years defending this case. All the alleged testimony against them proved to be false at trial, and it came to light that exculpatory evidence had been discovered soon after the murder. Nonetheless, in August 2014 the matter was set for trial. During jury selection, assistant district attorney Karen Ross turned over material that had been in their possession since the case's inception, and the judge declared a mistrial. The crucial evidence was a ballistic report showing that the murder weapon had been used two days earlier in a different shooting by another in...