Next week, a Manhattan judge will decide whether to vacate the conviction of Harry Ruiz in connection with the 1993 murder case of 24-year-old drug dealer Emmanuel Felix.
Ruiz was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 1995 but was released on parole in 2019.
He has since been discharged from parole, but Ruiz has maintained his innocence since the time of his arrest. In 2024, the office of District Attorney Alvin Bragg began a new investigation of the case, with new evidence suggesting Ruiz’s innocence…