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The city will pay $1.25 million to a man who spent 14 years behind bars before being cleared in the notorious murder of a bouncer at the former Palladium nightclub.A Manhattan federal judge yesterday signed off on the deal with David Lemus, who had filed a $50 million suit against the cops and prosecutors who locked him up for the 1990 shooting.
Lemus, 40, and another man, Olmedo Hidalgo, were found guilty in 1992, but their convictions were overturned in 2005 after evidence surfaced tying two other men to the killing of Marcus Peterson outside the East 14th Street hot spot.
All charges were dropped against Hidalgo, who was deported to the Dominican Republic. Lemus, who now lives in Florida, was acquitted after a 2007 retrial.
"No amount of money can fairly compensate Mr. Lemus for spending his youth being shuffled from prison to prison," said his lawyer," Steven Schiesel. [NY Post]
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They should throw the president of NYU in jail for destroying this legendary concert venue for more NYU dorms.
Posted by Anonymous | December 30, 2009 7:19 PM
saw Fugazi there in 1996. Best show ever.
Posted by Anonymous | December 30, 2009 8:59 PM
Yes. Throw the NYU president in jail for buying a building!
Who can we blame for the demise of the Filmore East?
It's Gitmo for whoever closed Max's!
Posted by noisejoke | December 30, 2009 9:05 PM
throw the NYU president in a well!
throw the NYU president in a well!
Posted by Anonymous | December 30, 2009 9:13 PM
NYU is single handedly the worst villian in the destruction of musical culture in the Easy Village in the last ten years.
Palladium/Academy of Music= NYU Dorms
The Bottom Line= NYU offices
Tower Records/Books/Video= NYU offices
They even had their eyes on Webster Hall.
Posted by Anonymous | December 30, 2009 9:35 PM
Fuck NYU
Posted by Anonymous | December 30, 2009 9:36 PM
That damn NYU campus like Columbia's eminent domain grab of Harlem to create Manhattan ville is far reaching and destructive.
Posted by Anonymous | December 31, 2009 2:38 AM
1.25 million for being wrongfully accused and in jail for 14 years?
that hardly seems fair.
Posted by Anonymous | December 31, 2009 8:20 AM
Should be more right?
Posted by Anonymous | December 31, 2009 9:02 AM
Hmmmm 14 years of the only life you have, spent in jail for something you didn't do? I don't think there is any dollar amount that would properly repay someone for that.
1.25 million really isn't much money nowadays.
Posted by Kurt C. | December 31, 2009 9:07 AM
"1.25 million for being wrongfully accused and in jail for 14 years? "
It was more than a wrongful conviction, it was a cover up by city police officers (who did the actual murder).
NYU did destroy lower Manhattan communities, but at least they did it by lawfully purchasing buildings. Columbia is trying to do so with eminent domain. Let the brats stay at home in CT.
Posted by Anonymous | December 31, 2009 10:12 AM
NYU is also behind a lot of the gentrification in Brooklyn. "Hipsters" aren't just post-grads. These kids think they're ahead of the curve, but they're really just homogenizing the culture, and attempting to make it accessible only to those whose parents can pay 50k a year in tuition.
Posted by Anonymous | December 31, 2009 11:02 AM
11:02 is a dumb douche... i dont even want to explain myself. (and i didnt go to nyu or live in wburg)
Posted by Anonymous | December 31, 2009 3:33 PM
"NYU is single handedly the worst villian in the destruction of musical culture in the Easy Village in the last ten years.
Palladium/Academy of Music= NYU Dorms
The Bottom Line= NYU offices
Tower Records/Books/Video= NYU offices
They even had their eyes on Webster Hall."
Palladium closed in 1998 on its own accord before NYU had anything to do with it. And the same goes for Tower Records.
Posted by Anonymous | December 31, 2009 4:02 PM
You guys are acting like NYU forcibly closed these businesses and occupied the space. The shit was for SALE.
Posted by Anonymous | May 3, 2010 8:15 PM