MURDER
MURDER AND SPENT 27
YEARS
YEARS IN
YEARS IN PRISON... IS NOW FREE. GOOD EVENING, I'M
SCOTT LEVIN.
AND I'M MARYALICE
DEMLER.
VALENTINO DIXON
WENT BEFORE A JUDGE
TO BE EXONERATED
TODAY... AND ANOTHER
MAN WHO CONFESSED
TO THE CRIME PLEADED
GUILTY TO THE 1991
KILLING.
CHANNEL 2'S CLAUDINE
EWING HAS BEEN
FOLLOWING THIS
STORY AND WAS ON-
HAND FOR THE
CONCLUSION.
CONCLUSION.
VALENTINO
VALENTINO DIXON CAN NOW SMILE AS HE IS A FREE MAN....
"VALENTINO: IT'S
UNBELIEVEABLE."
HE WAS SERVING 39-
YEARS TO LIFE....HE
SPENT 27-YEARS IN
PRISON AT ATTICA AND
WENDE....ALL THE
WHILE SAYING HE DID
NOT MURDER
TORRIANO
JACKSON....TODAY A
JUDGE EXONERATED
HIM OF MURDER, BUT
THE GUN CHARGE
STICKS....AND THIS
MAN, LAMARR SCOTT
WHO CONFESSED 10-
TIMES, INCLUDING
TWICE TO CHANNEL 2
THAT HE WAS THE
KILLER, WAS CHARGED
WITH MANSLAUGHTER
AND ASSAULT.
AND NOW THE DIXON
FAMILY
FAMILY CAN BREATHE... "CLAUDINE: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO
SAY....VALENTINA: DADDY
IT'S TIME WE START
LIVING TOGETHER IN
THE REAL WORLD."
SHE WANTS TO GET
HER DAD A CELL
PHONE....
VALENTINO STOOD
BEFORE A JUDGE AND
BECAUSE AUDIO
BECAUSE AUDIO
WASN'T
WASN'T ALLOWED, WE CAN ONLY SHOW YOU THE CROWD
APPLAUDING AS HE
WAS EXONERATED OF
MURDER....
"BARBARA: I DON'T HAVE
NO WORDS/"
BUT OUTSIDE AS HE
LEFT THE
COURTHOUSE, NO
LONGER WEARING
PRISON-ISSUED
CLOTHES...THE CHEERS
WERE LOUD.
AND HE HAD A
MESSAGE....
"VALENTINO: PRISON
RHETORIC WITH MASS
INCARCERATION NEEDS
TO STOP SO JUSTICE
CAN BE RENDERED TO
THOSE THAT ARE
POOR.....HARD TO GET
JUSTICE....FAIR TRIAL. "
WE GOT TO TALK TO
HIM BRIEFLY AFTER
COURT...
"VALENTINO: I ALWAYS
THOUGHT
THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD COME....TO HELP"
"CLAUDINE: COMING OUT
AND SEEING YOUR
MOTHER... "
"DIXON: THAT'S THE
BEST FEELING IN THE
WORLD. I LOOK
FORWARD TO DOING A
LOT OF THINGS ...JUST
SPEND
SPEND QUALITY TIME." LIFE NOW AS A FREE MAN....WILL INCLUDE A
FIGHT TO CHANGE THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM.
"VALENTINO: MY SOLUTION FOR PRISON REFORM IS TO REDUCE
THE
THE SENTENCING LAWS THEY ARE OUTRAGEOUS GIVING PEOPLE DOUBLE
TIME."
AND HE IS ARTIST...HIS
COLORED PENCIL
DRAWINGS OF GOLF
COURSES HAVE BEEN
FEATURED IN GOLF
MAGAZINES. LIFE NOW
WILL BE ART AND
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
DIXON
DIXON PLANS TO SPEND TIME AT RED LOBSTER WITH HIS FAMILY.
A LOT OF CREDIT ALSO
GOES TO
GEORGETOWN
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
WHO USED THIS CASE
FOR A PRISON REFORM
PROJECT. THEY
HELPED REVEAL THAT
THE RESULTS WERE
NEGATIVE ON DIXON'S
HANDS FOR GUN
RESIDUE.
CLAUDINE EWING -
CHANNEL 2 NEWS
LOCAL
LOCAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY PAUL CAMBIRA JOINS US NOW,
PAUL THE DEFENDANT
SPENT ALMOST THREE
DECADES IN PRISON
FOR A CRIME HE DID NOT
COMMIT. AND IT LOOKS
LIKE THE PROSCUTORS
WITHHELD SOME
INFORMATION. THAT'S
TERRIBLE NEWS, AND
CUTS AT THE HEART OF
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM WHEN THE
PROSECUTORS ARE NOT
ETHICAL. THAT IS AN
UNETHICAL ACT.
OBVIOUSLY HE CAN
NEVER GET THAT TIME
BACK, BUT I'M SURE
THERE
THERE WILL BE SOME TYPE OF A SUIT. THERE WILL BE NO DOUBT
ABOUT THAT, I'M SURE
HE'LL MAKE A CLAIM AND
BE COMPENSATED. BUT
WILL IT BE LARGER THAN
NORMAL BECAUSE THAT
EVIDENCE WAS
WITHHELD? THERE ARE
A LOT OF FACTORS THAT
WILL LIKELY MAKE THIS A
SUBSTANTIAL PAYOUT
FOR HIM. HOW RARE IS
IT TO FIND A CASE
WHERE SOMEONE ELSE
ADMITS THEY
COMMITTED A CRIME
SOMEONE ELSE IS BEING
HELD FOR? IT'S VERY
RARE OUT OF
THOUSANDS OF CASES.
ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE
YOU IN STUDIO PAUL,
THANKS FOR JOINING
US.
US.
US. TOWN
US. TOWN OF TONAWANDA
POLICE WANT YOU TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT
TOWN
TOWN OF
TOWN OF TONAWANDA
POLICE
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