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Since 1989, 25 men convicted of murder in Baltimore have been exonerated; official misconduct was present in 22 cases. Detectives from David Simon's Homicide—including Oscar “The Bunk” Requer—worked on at least 6 of those cases. by @larabazelon 1/5
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Requer was the basis for The Wire's "Bunk Moreland." In 1986, Requer was one of several Baltimore detectives who coerced a 12 year old into wrongly implicating Gary Washington in a murder he didn't commit. Washington spent 3 decades in prison. 2/5 nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Another 'Homicide' detective—Jay Landsman—was involved in the wrongful conviction of James Owens, who served 20 years in prison for the murder of a young woman before before he was exonerated. On The Wire, Bunk was supervised by "Jay Landsman." 3/5
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And a case involving Black teens known as "The Harlem Park Three" dubbed “the largest wrongful conviction case in American history" was investigated by Donald Kincaid of Simon's 'Homicide.' The three teens spent a total of 108 years in prison. 4/5
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Landsman was just named as a defendant in a lawsuit brought by Clarence Shipley, who served 27 years for a murder he didn't commit. Per Shipley, Baltimore detectives buried exculpatory evidence including a hand-written note naming the real killer. nymag.com/intelligencer/… 5/5