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🎬 Video Description:🕰 Colin Warner spent over two decades in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Hear his incredible story of resilience, hope, and the fi...
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Aug 23, 2017 · In a shocking case of mistaken identity, institutional racism and tortuous legalese, Warner was wrongly convicted of the murder of another teenager.
Aug 16, 2017 · 16K views 6 years ago #BUILDseries #Interview. Colin Warner opens up about where his resilience came from while wrongly incarcerated, and how he persisted in such tragic circumstances....
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The killing that put Warner in prison happened in April 1980, in Brooklyn. Warner — played by actor Lakeith Stanfield, from the recent film “Get Out” and the television show “Atlanta” — had a prior arrest for carrying a pistol, and he was mistakenly identified by a witness from a book of mug shots. Police then leaned on other witnesses to match tha...
The film is scheduled to hit theaters Aug. 25. Though it is a dramatization of Warner’s story, it draws heavily on source documents and interviews with the participants. For instance, when Warner is convicted — despite a prosecution witness changing his story on the stand and a total lack of physical evidence — the judge says, “Is this verdict true...
Ruskin’s film marks the passage of time with politicians like Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, New York Mayor Ed Koch and state Gov. George Pataki vowing to get tough on crime. A generation later, many of their successors have been rethinking those policies, particularly the harsh minimum sentences imposed on drug offenders. But under the Trump admi...
Aug 25, 2017 · Her husband Colin Warner spent 21 years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit. Their relationship, dramatized in the new movie, Crown Heights, tells the heartbreaking story of Colin’s...
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Oct 21, 2022 · He was indicted on May, 12, 1980 on charges of second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Simmonds was arrested in October 1980 and charged with murder. Warner and Simmonds went on trial in March 1982. The trial had been delayed because Charlemagne disappeared.
