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After years of scrutiny of NY detective, a case gets retried

In this July. 27, 2022 photo, retired NYPD detective Louis Scarcella walks towards Kings County Supreme Court, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. In the past nine years, nearly 20 murder and other convictions have been tossed out after defendants accused Scarcella of coercing or inducing false confessions and bogus witness identifications, which he denies. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) In this July. 27, 2022 photo, retired NYPD detective Louis Scarcella, left, walks towards Kings County Supreme Court, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. In the past nine years, nearly 20 murder and other convictions have been tossed out after defendants accused Scarcella of coercing or inducing false confessions and bogus witness identifications, which he denies. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) In this July. 27, 2022 photo, retired NYPD detective Louis Scarcella, leaves Kings County Supreme Court, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. In the past nine years, nearly 20 murder and other convictions have been tossed out after defendants accused Scarcella of coercing or inducing false confessions and bogus witness identifications, which he denies. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
After years of scrutiny of NY detective, a case gets retried