Huwe Burton, who was detained in 1989 after he admitted to fatally stabbing his mother, had his conviction rejected and his name cleared Thursday by a Bronx Supreme Court judge.
Burton was detained when he was 16-years-old after he admitted to stabbing his mother when she didn’t give him funds to pay a drug dealer. A two-year revision of his case discovered new evidence to confirm his confession was forced.
Burton’s lawyers, besides the Bronx District Attorney’s Conviction Integrity Unit, detected the officers from the 47th Precinct, who questioned Burton, in fact, coerced confessions from two other men, just months before. They state the officers utilized interrogation schemes that are now considered “psychologically coercive.”
They also found evidence that indicates another suspect, who has since died, in fact, committed the crime.
Burton spent 19 years in prison prior to his release on parole in 2009.
“Continue to fight. Don’t lay down. The moment you lay down, that’s when it’s over,” Burton stated after the judge’s ruling.
