Syracuse, NY – A 40-year-old rape conviction at the center of a memoir by award-winning author and Syracuse University alumnus Alice Sebold was overturned by a judge Monday.
The extraordinary reversal came after Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick sided with two defense lawyers, who had asked for the dismissal based on serious flaws in the 1981 rape prosecution in Syracuse.
When the judge officially cleared Anthony Broadwater of the conviction, the 61-year-old man shook with emotion, sobbing as his head fell into his hands.
Syracuse, NY – A 40-year-old rape conviction at the center of a memoir by award-winning author and Syracuse University alumnus Alice Sebold was overturned by a judge Monday.
The extraordinary reversal came after Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick sided with two defense lawyers, who had asked for the dismissal based on serious flaws in the 1981 rape prosecution in Syracuse.
When the judge officially cleared Anthony Broadwater of the conviction, the 61-year-old man shook with emotion, sobbing as his head fell into his hands.
She and others made millions from her book
and movie. Doesn’t this poor schmuck deserve
a slice of that pie?