Ben Cleeton

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He Was Convicted of Raping Alice Sebold. Then the Case Unraveled.

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Location: syracuse, ny

Nationality: american

Biography: Ben Cleeton is a Syracuse documentary photographer and filmmaker who holds a degree in photojournalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications (2015). He was born in Syracuse and lived in Geneseo, NY, where his mother, a professor... MORE

SYRACUSE, NY – THURSDAY DECEMBE... Cleeton for The New York Times

SYRACUSE, NY – THURSDAY DECEMBER 2, 2021: The brick path in Syracuse’s Thornden Park that Alice Sebold describes walking before she was raped in 1981. CREDIT: Ben Cleeton for The New York Times

SYRACUSE, NY – THURSDAY DECEMBER 2, 2021: The bath house in Syracuse’s Thornden Park that Alice Sebold describes walking by before she was raped in 1981. CREDIT: Ben Cleeton for The New York Times

SYRACUSE, NY – THURSDAY DECEMBER 2, 2021: Anthony Broadwater on Marshall Street near Syracuse University where Alice Sebold first misidentified him. CREDIT: Ben Cleeton for The New York Times

SYRACUSE, NY – MONDAY DECEMBER ... Cleeton for The New York Times

SYRACUSE, NY – MONDAY DECEMBER 6, 2021: Melissa Swartz and David Hammond, Mr. Broadwater’s lawyers, and Dan Myers, the private investigator, quickly realized that the case against Mr. Broadwater had been flawed. CREDIT: Ben Cleeton for The New York Times

SYRACUSE, NY – MONDAY DECEMBER 8, 2021: The tunnel leading under Syracuse’s Thornden Park Amphitheater where Alice Sebold was assaulted in 1981. CREDIT: Ben Cleeton for The New York Times

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He Was Convicted of Raping Alice Sebold. Then the Case Unraveled.

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Mar 30, 2022

Anthony Broadwater was exonerated in the 1981 rape of Ms. Sebold, now a best-selling author. When his lawyers saw the trial transcript, they could only wonder what took so long.

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