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01.16.2021 News

More than three years after he withheld evidence in a Flanders murder case, former Suffolk prosecutor is suspended

A former Suffolk County homicide prosecutor has been suspended from practicing law after he failed to turn over exculpatory evidence in a 2017 trial resulting from the murder of...

06.13.2019 Police

Lawsuit filed seeking records of prosecutor who oversaw trial of Demitri Hampton murder

A group that works to exonerate people wrongfully convicted has filed a lawsuit in the Appellate Division of New York State Supreme Court seeking full public disclosure of disciplinary...

06.09.2017 Police

Judge at sentencing: Hampton murder case was ‘travesty of justice’

The man accused of firing the fatal bullet in the 2013 Flanders home invasion that led to the death of Demitri Hampton attempt to retract his plea agreement at...

05.10.2017 Columns

Column: Even after the unthinkable, Demitri Hampton’s family carries on with grace

Demitri Hampton knew exactly what he wanted to be in life, his family members say. He was going to pursue a career in forensic science. Demitri excelled in the...

05.09.2017 Police

Trial in Demitri Hampton murder abruptly ends as defendant accepts plea deal

The defendant in a fatal 2013 Flanders home invasion accepted a plea agreement Tuesday after his attorney learned that a prosecutor had failed to turn over more than 100...

05.04.2017 Police

Detective: Phone records, video surveillance show defendant’s path

A Suffolk County police homicide detective on Wednesday showed a jury cell phone data combined with video surveillance that suggests a possible path a suspect took the night of a...

04.28.2017 Police

Cell phone records used to place defendants near the scene of Demitri Hampton murder

The prosecution introduced cell phone records Friday that suggest the defendant in a murder trial associated with a 2013 fatal home invasion in Flanders could have been in the...

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