Mr. Murder knows where all the bodies are buried. Gregory Lasak spent decades in the Queens DA's office and earned the nickname "Mr. Murder" due to his number of murder convictions. According to The National Registry of Exonerations there were five Queens murder convictions during Lasak's tenure as the Queens DA office homicide bureau chief which were subsequently vacated and the persons exonerated. These wrongfully convicted persons, who were sentenced to 25 years-to-life, are:

      Kareem Bellamy (convicted in 1995, exonerated in 2011);

      Todd McCord (convicted in 1987, exonerated in 1994);

      Lazaro Burt (convicted in 1994, exonerated in 2002);

      Angelo Martinez (convicted in 1986, exonerated in 2002);

      Eddie Andre (convicted in 1988, exonerated in 1994).

53 years lost: each person on average was unlawfully deprived of over ten years of his life. At an unnecessary prison expenditure to NYS taxpayers of $3.2 million and an approximate total cost of $12.5 million. Four of these five, or 80% of these wrongful convictions involved official misconduct and they all involved people of color. Again, The National Registry of Exoneration defines "official misconduct" as, "Police, prosecutors, or other government officials significantly abused their authority or the judicial process in a manner that contributed to the exoneree's conviction." 

Talking the talk of criminal justice reform has gotten DAs elected, but once in office their reforms are slow and disappointing.

Tiffany L. Cabán will be the true reformer DA that will fight to make the Queens DA's office take unapologetic, bold stances in favor of a fair and just criminal justice system.

Meet Tiffany L. Cabán.