Dear New Yorkers,
Kareem Mayo is free.
After 23 years behind bars, 48-year-old Mayo was released from Rikers Island late Monday night.
His discharge came days after THE CITY reported that Mayo was expected to be incarcerated for up to another month as he waited for an ankle monitor — even though his murder conviction from 1999 had just been tossed.
Mayo, who is now living in Bushwick under house arrest with his daughter, is required to wear the monitoring device as Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez weighs his options to either appeal the judge’s decision, drop the charges, or completely retry the case.
When he got out, Mayo had a “little Thanksgiving” with his wife and grandchildren, he told us.
But for now, he can’t leave his apartment without notifying the sheriff’s office. His oldest grandson, who turned 12 on Saturday, asked him to go outside to watch him play basketball.
“I had to deny him,” he said. “He was real sad.”
Read more here.
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