July 10, 2023

Joel Rudin extensively quoted in New York Times article on wrongful convictions


Firm principal Joel Rudin is quoted in a lengthy New York Times article reporting on how New York has become “a national hotbed of exoneration” of wrongfully convicted men. Commenting on the remarkable City Council primary victory by Yusef Salaam, one of the members of the wrongfully convicted Central Park Five, Mr. Rudin notes that “there’s a change in the public consciousness” about the criminal justice system and that rules have been adopted to reduce unreliable confessions and identifications. Read the whole article here.