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Calvin Boyette Murder Case Essay

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n February of 1982 in Brooklyn, New York a woman was attacked by two men who were wearing masks. She was tied up, robbed, beaten and set on fire. She had survived the attack, but sustained multiple injuries, including injuries to her eyes. The victim believed her neighbor, Calvin Boyette, was one of the men who had assaulted her. She even pointed him out in a photo lineup. Boyette provided evidence that he was in Virginia at the time of the attack. But even with that evidence a jury convicted him of attempted murder, armed robbery, and arson and he was sentenced to 25 years in prison. He was sent to prison in 1984, and he was only 19 years old at the time. After he was convicted, his sister found that the prosecution had withheld a

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