Well you can go by the movie, the song, you can go by that web sight Berry and Dracagon posted, which was clearly composed by a latent racist nutjob with an axe to grind, you can listen to the AWMs (angry white males) who posted comments here
OR
There are the FACTS
You can read the Judges decision, and see that in a nutshell. The only prosecution witness that placed Carter at the scene of the crime, was a habitual liar who failed a polygraph, that the prosecution committed virtually every habeas corpus violation imaginable, failed to disclose evidence that supported Carter's innocence during discovery, and used prejudicial evidence that played to the most racist tendencies imaginable.
This is why Carter is free today
http://graphicwitness.com/carter/sarokin.html
THE HABEAS CORPUS PETITIONS
The instant petitions for habeas corpus were filed February 13, 1985 by Carter and February 28, 1985 by Artis. The actions
were consolidated in an order dated May 6, 1985. A motion for summary judgment on seven of the petition's twelve grounds
was filed by petitioners on May 25, 1985 and oral argument on the motion was held July 22, 1985, after which the court
received further submissions from counsel.
The petitioners allege:
1. The state violated the requirements of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 10 L. Ed. 2d 215, 83 S. Ct. 1194 (1963) by
failing to disclose the results of a lie detector test given to the state's only "eyewitness".
2. The state violated the Equal Protection and Due Process rights of petitioners by improperly appealing to racial prejudice
during the trial by claiming the killings were motivated by racial [**12] revenge.
3. The jury considered material not introduced as evidence and members of the jury had preexisting racial prejudice.
4. The prosecution misled the defense as to its theory of the case, withheld discovery, improperly cross-examined and unfairly
denigrated defense witnesses.
5. The prosecution violated the Due Process rights of petitioners by exerting improper pressure on certain witnesses to support
a false alibi claim.
6. The prosecution violated the Due Process rights of petitioners by using Bello as a witness despite proof of his "monumental"
untrustworthiness.
7. The prosecution withheld a memorandum in violation of Brady showing how Bello was persuaded to change his mind.
8. The prosecution violated the petitioners' rights to a Speedy Trial by making last-minute presentations at trial of a new theory.
9. The evidence presented at trial did not meet the reasonable doubt standard.
10. The petitioners' Due Process rights were violated because public funds were not made available for investigative and expert
services and because the trial judge did not properly exercise judicial discretion to limit cross examination regarding Carter's
[**13] criminal record.
11. The petition's Due Process rights were violated by the trial judge's bias.
12. The state committed a Brady violation by failing to produce a file by a former investigator in the case.
Petitioners seek summary judgment on Grounds 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 10.
During oral argument, counsel for Petitioner Carter represented that the complaint would be amended to exclude Ground 12,
the identical issue rejected by the Appellate Division on July 2, 1985, so that there would be no dispute that he had presented
only exhausted claims to his petition. Respondents agreed to the amendment of the complaint.
Petitioner Artis has not amended his petition to delete Ground 12, and argues that technical exhaustion of his state remedies is
unnecessary because the corrective process in the New Jersey state courts is so [*538] clearly deficient as to render futile any
efforts to obtain relief. That issue is discussed below. (See: Exhaustion of State Remedies, infra).
