FOR THE FIRST TIME in decades a Bajan who spent time in a New York State prison for a crime that never happened is free to pursue his life without fear of being deported to Barbados.
And Michael Waithe, 52, the father of four children, who was convicted of felony robbery charges almost 30 years ago, is thanking Ken Thompson, Brooklyn’s new top prosecutor, for clearing his name and ensuring that he doesn’t have a criminal record which could lead to his deportation.
“I feel like the guillotine has been lifted from over my head,” Waithe told the New York Daily News before he went into a Supreme Court Thursday and heard a judge toss out his conviction, expunging it from the record.
As the Brooklyn District Attorney sees it, the Barbadian’s exoneration has belatedly brought a measure of justice to a troublesome case.
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