Brooklyn prosecutors will ask a judge next week to toss the conviction of a man who spent 20 years behind bars for murder after he was arrested by a discredited detective whose career is under ...

Scandal-scarred NYPD Det. Louis Scarcella blamed his tarnished legacy on former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes Monday as the embattled retired cop was grilled for his role in putting a ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - A former police detective who has been accused of coercing confessions in previous cases testified Friday in another wrongful conviction case. Former NYPD detective Louis ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) --A former police detective, who has been accused of coercing confessions, testified Friday in a wrongful conviction case. Former NYPD detective Louis Scarcella came to the ...

NEW YORK — For nearly five years, Brooklyn’s criminal-justice system has been engaged in an unprecedented project as prosecutors, judges and lawyers have pored over scores of cases connected to former ...

If Louis Scarcella was considered one of New York’s finest, then the word fine leaves much to be desired. By all accounts, the former NYPD detective is a bad man who helped put innocent people behind ...

Retired NYPD Det. Louis Scarcella took the witness stand in a gray suit and red-striped tie, a small American flag pinned to his lapel. Unseen but inescapable was the baggage brought by the ...

A retired NYPD detective accused of rigging dozens of murder cases has cost taxpayers $110million in settlements from 14 overturned convictions. Louis N. Scarcella, known to colleagues as 'the closer, ...

STAFFORD, Texas (KTRK) -- The Mayor of Stafford, Leonard Scarcella, died around 3:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon after a brief illness, according to the city. Scarcella, 79, made history as the ...