Sole Suspect: Using FOIA Behind Bars

Sole Suspect: Using FOIA Behind Bars

On April 8, 2014, Cordaryl Silva, then 26, was convicted of the May 12, 2012, murder of Javon Zimmerman, who was 22 at the time he was killed. Silva maintained that he did not do it and knew who did. But he refused to name the person whom he maintained was actually guilty. He asked the judge presiding over the trial for a 63-year prison sentence. He was facing 25 to 60 years for the murder conviction and three years for a probation violation. He…