“That Guy Is Still Out There” by Joaquin Sapien June 30, 2026, 6:30 am

“That Guy Is Still Out There” Five years after Anthony Broadwater was belatedly cleared for the sexual assault of Alice Sebold, the questions of how he came to be wrongly convicted and how one or more serial rapists operated for years with little consequence have only deepened. by Joaquin Sapien June 30, 2026, 6:30 am https://www.propublica.org/article/alice-sebold-anthony-broadwater-rape-exoneration-syracuse?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=secondary ProPublica reporter Joaquin Sapien spent years investigating the rape of bestselling author Alice Sebold and the wrongful conviction of Anthony Broadwater, who spent 16 years in prison. As Sapien dug deeper into the case, he discovered numerous failures in the justice system whose consequences are still being felt today. The current district attorney of Syracuse, New York, where the rape happened, said in court that the prosecution “should never have happened.” Watch below to see Sapien break down the failures that led to a wrongful conviction, the questions that remain decades later and the lasting impact on everyone involved. https://www.propublica.org/people/joaquin-sapien