Cleaning the slate: Manhattan DA Bragg vacates 316 convictions obtained by nine cops found guilty of corruption

By Robert Pozarycki Posted on June 6, 2023

More than 300 convictions over a 21-year span — each linked to nine NYPD officers previously convicted of on-the-job corruption — were vacated Tuesday at the request of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

The vacated cases were reviewed by the Manhattan DA Office’s Post-Conviction Justice Unit (PCJU) and were part of a docket of more than 1,100 cases connected to 22 cops who were convicted of crimes themselves such as planting evidence, perjury, accepting bribes and violating civil rights.