Eliseo DeLeon spent 24 years in prison before his slay case was overturned in 2019 amid concerns about his disputed confession allegedly secured by Louis Scarcella.
A verdict is expected soon in the retrial of Eliseo DeLeon for a 1995 Brooklyn murder.to alleged shoddy police work by former Brooklyn Detective Louis Scarcella.
DeLeon’s conviction was overturned in 2019 due to the work former Brooklyn Detective Louis Scarcella used to obtain the confession.in the case by the end of the month — the first decision after a retrial involving a tossed conviction and Scarcella, according to The Associated Press. Scarcella was once hailed as an invaluable NYPD star known for helping to win convictions in the midst of a homicide epidemic in the 1990s. The now-retired detective, who has defended his aggressive tactics amid the wave of citywide violence at the time, said he doesn’t even remember being involved in DeLeon’s case.
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