It was a new year, 1995, and Stephen Carrington was a young man with a short criminal history

who had just gotten out of prison.

He had recently gotten married.

A young father was training to be an EMT.

After having paid his death to society, his life was getting back on track.

On the morning of January 2, 1995, Stephen's brother Mark stood outside of a lumberyard in

Brooklyn as Shannon France and another man arrived.

Mr. France pulled the 25 announcing a stick-up.

As the other man robs customer Hugh Keys, the store clerk tries to grab Mr. France's weapon

and was shot.

Mr. France loops the strong box and the two men fled, leaving Mr. Keys alive.

A confidential informant would tell the lead investigator detective Calabrese the names

of three men who were seen by the lumberyard at the time of the crime.

Shannon France, Hady West, and Mark Carrington.

However, when he searched for Mark Carrington, Stephen popped up at the same address and

with his criminal record, Calabrese added his photo into an array.

Hugh Keys gave a shaky identification and in the absence of any physical evidence whatsoever

connecting him to the crime, Stephen went to trial right next to the trigger man, Shannon

France.

The character hired a lawyer to protect both of their sons but it turned out to be to

the detriment of one of them.

Mark was never called to testify a trial and 20 years later, finally free, Stephen Carrington

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