A Brooklyn man who spent 15 years in prison before his murder conviction was thrown out in June by a federal judge has initiated $30 million in lawsuits against New York City and the state alleging malicious prosecution and a wide variety of constitutional violations.
Jabbar Collins was convicted in 1995 of shooting Abraham Pollack during a Williamsburg robbery. After the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office conceded earlier this year that it failed to turn over evidence that a key witness had temporarily recanted his accusations before trial, Eastern District Judge Dora Irizarry granted Mr. Collins’ petition for a writ of habeas corpus, vacating the conviction and barring the state from retrying the case. The judge called the prosecution’s failure to investigate Mr. Collins’ claims “shameful.”
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