40-year-old Syracuse rape conviction at the heart of author Alice Sebold’s memoir is thrown out
22 November 2021
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22 November 2021
A 40-year-old rape conviction at the center of a memoir by award-winning author and Syracuse University alumnus Alice Sebold was overturned by a judge Monday. The extraordinary reversal came after Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick sided with two defense lawyers, who had asked for the dismissal based on serious flaws in the 1981 rape prosecution in Syracuse. When the judge officially cleared Anthony Broadwater of the conviction, the 61-year-old man shook with emotion, sobbing as his head fell into his hands. “I never, ever, ever thought I would see the day that I would be exonerated,” Broadwater said after ...
40-year-old Syracuse rape conviction at the heart of author Alice Sebold’s memoir is tossed
Anthony Broadwater, now 61, spent more than 16 years in prison after he was convicted of raping a woman. His conviction was overturned Monday.
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