Broken chain of evidence

The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) EDITORIAL Essex County, NJ More than two decades have gone by since Essex County law enforcement officials gathered, and later misplaced, DNA that might exonerate Stephen Brooks in a rape he insists he did not commit. A Superior...

Broken chain of evidence

The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) EDITORIAL Essex County, NJ More than two decades have gone by since Essex County law enforcement officials gathered, and later misplaced, DNA that might exonerate Stephen Brooks in a rape he insists he did not commit. A Superior...

NJ judge orders search for evidence in ’85 rape

The Associated Press State & Local Wire By DAVID PORTER, Associated Press Writer Newark, NJ A Newark man imprisoned for more than two decades for a 1985 rape won a victory in court Monday when a judge ruled that state and local authorities must resume a search...

NJ judge orders search for evidence in ’85 rape

The Associated Press State & Local Wire By DAVID PORTER, Associated Press Writer Newark, NJ A Newark man imprisoned for more than two decades for a 1985 rape won a victory in court Monday when a judge ruled that state and local authorities must resume a search...

Souto tied to drug dealer;

The Record (Bergen County, NJ), North Jersey Media Group BYLINE: RICHARD COWEN, STAFF WRITER, cowen@northjersey.com Passaic County, NJ Accomplice said stolen coke was sold Ever since Passaic County Sheriff’s officer Alan Souto was arrested in March 2008 for...