John Bunn (exonerated prisoner) - Wikipedia
John Bunn (born 1976) is an African American man wrongfully convicted of a murder committed in 1991, when he was 14. Bunn spent over 16 years in prison and nearly 12 on parole before he was exonerated in 2018. [1] After his release, Bunn founded a nonprofit that aims to educate incarcerated youth and provide access to books to promote literacy. [2]
The night of the killing - CNN
Sep 8, 2018 · John Bunn, 14, right, and Rosean Hargrove, 17, arrested at the 77th Precinct in Brooklyn in August 1991. NYPD Detective Louis Scarcella (open jacket and loose tie) holds Bunn. Dan Godfrey/New...
Another victim of disgraced cop will have all charges dismissed
May 15, 2018 · Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice ShawnDya Simpson is expected to dismiss all charges against John Bunn, who spent 16 years behind bars for a 1991 murder he didn’t commit.
A man who was wrongly convicted of murder when he was 14 clears ... - CNN
May 16, 2018 · John Bunn was just 14 years old when he was jailed for the 1991 murder of an off-duty correction officer in Brooklyn – a crime he didn’t commit.
John Bunn, Convicted at 14 for a Crime He Didn’t Commit ... - The Root
May 17, 2018 · At 14 years old, John Bunn went on trial for murder; the proceeding lasted just one day. Accused in August 1991 of murdering a corrections officer, the Brooklyn, N.Y., teenager was convicted by a...
Man jailed at 14 for murder he didn't commit weeps in court as he …
May 16, 2018 · John Bunn, now 41, wept as he thanked a New York judge for exonerating him of the 1991 shooting of correction officer Rolando Neischer. He was just 14 when arrested over the killing and...
John Bunn, wrongfully imprisoned at 14, wants to teach inmates …
May 20, 2018 · A Brooklyn judge ruled Tuesday in an emotional court hearing that John Bunn won’t face retrial in a crime for which he served more than 16 years in prison. Bunn’s conviction was overturned in...
John Bunn, wrongfully jailed at 14 in the 1991 murder of a …
May 15, 2018 · John Bunn, who was convicted of second-degree murder in the killing of an off-duty correction officer in 1991 when he was 14, cries at State Supreme Court in Brooklyn with his...
Man wrongly convicted of murder exonerated 27 years later - UPI
May 16, 2018 · John Bunn, 41, served 17 years in prison after being convicted of the murder at the age of 14 in August 1991 based on tainted evidence produced by...
John Bunn Fully Exonerated at Long Last — The Exoneration Initiative
May 16, 2018 · EXI client John Bunn was only 14 years old when he was framed for murder by a corrupt Brooklyn detective and sent to jail for a crime he did not commit. John's conviction was overturned in 2016 after a hearing, based on the misconduct of disgraced NYPD detective Louis Scarcella and the fac.