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, and was training to be EMT.

After having paid his debt to society, his life was getting back on track. On the morning of January 2nd, 1995, Stephen's brother Mark stood outside of a lumber yard 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 loots the strongbox

and the two men fled, leaving Mr. Keys alive.

A confidential informant would tell the lead investigator, Detective Calabrees, the names of three

men who were seen by the Lumberyard at the time of the crime, Shannon, France, Eddie 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, Stephan went to trial right next to the trigger band, Shannon, France.

The Carrington 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 at trial and 20 years later, finally free.

Stephen Carrington is out on parole but still fighting to clear his name of a crime

that he simply didn't commit. This is wrongful conviction with Jason Flama.

For decades, the mafia had New York City in a stranglehold, with law enforcement seemingly powerless to intervene.

It uses terror to extort people.

But the murder of Carmichaelante

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