Man To Be Exonerated Of 1989 NYC Murder After Almost 25 Years In Prison

The man was 1100 miles away at the time, vacationing at Disney World.

The attorneys said they anticipate prosecutors joining them Tuesday in asking a Brooklyn judge to dismiss Jonathan Fleming’s conviction in the 1989 shooting. A key eyewitness recanted, new witnesses have implicated someone else and a review by prosecutors turned up a hotel receipt putting Fleming in Florida hours before the killing, defense lawyers Anthony Mayol and Taylor Koss said.

After being imprisoned for nearly half his 51 years, Fleming could walk out of court a free man Tuesday afternoon, the attorneys said.

“He is elated and stunned, while tempered by the fact that he realizes that this is just the first step in getting his life back,” Koss said.

By: Cheston Catalano

Cheston Catalano is a Kentucky-based journalist whose work has been featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. He is a long-time contributor to Liberaland.