Stand With Baby Sam
After spending 33 years incarcerated for a wrongful conviction, Samuel “Baby Sam” Edmonson had his freedom restored by a judge — only for New York to take it back without a new trial.
What Happened
Samuel “Baby Sam” Edmonson was convicted in Brooklyn in 1990 and spent more than three decades behind bars for a crime he has consistently maintained he did not commit.
In 2022, a judge vacated his conviction. After 33 years incarcerated, Baby Sam was released and returned home to rebuild his life.
For three years, he lived as a free man.
In 2025, without a new trial and without new evidence presented in open court, New York reinstated the conviction and took his freedom back.
Case Timeline
1987–1988
Implication in two Brooklyn homicide cases amid disputed eyewitness identifications and testimony later challenged as unreliable.
1990
Convicted in Brooklyn and sentenced to life in prison.
2011–2015
Case reopened for review as part of broader scrutiny of Brooklyn homicide prosecutions; key witnesses later come forward.
2022
Conviction vacated by a judge after decades of incarceration due to newly uncovered evidence and witness recantations. Sam is released.
2022–2025
Lives free, rebuilds his life, and becomes deeply involved in community service, youth outreach, and anti-violence efforts.
April 2025
Conviction reinstated on appeal — without a new trial — sending Sam back to prison.
Now
Sam remains incarcerated while fighting for his freedom, raising urgent questions about fairness, finality, and justice after exoneration.
How You Can Help
Public awareness and collective pressure matter. Justice does not happen in silence.
You can help by signing the petition, supporting legal and advocacy efforts, and sharing this case so the truth cannot be ignored.