He spent 27 years wrongly convicted of murder. He wants to spend the rest encouraging inmates to read - News Summed Up

He spent 27 years wrongly convicted of murder. He wants to spend the rest encouraging inmates to read


John Bunn, 14, right, and Rosean Hargrove, 17, arrested at the 77th Precinct in Brooklyn in August 1991. A 2005 photo of the Bridges Juvenile Center, where John Bunn spent nearly a year and a half awaiting trial. In May of 2018, after 27 years of wrongful conviction, the District Attorney's office announced they would not retry Rosean Hargrave or John Bunn. John Bunn holds hands with Judge ShawnDya Simpson at the hearing where he was exonerated after 27 years. When John Bunn walks into the room, after a rousing chorus of "GOOD MORNING JOHN BUNN," the class tumbles around him, lining up for hugs and high fives.


Source: CNN September 08, 2018 13:11 UTC



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