A New York appeals court granted former NYPD Sgt. Erik Duran $300,000 bail on Friday, clearing the 38-year-old married father of three to leave prison while he challenges his manslaughter conviction, a case that has divided law enforcement advocates and the Bronx legal establishment since a fleeing drug suspect died in August 2023.
Duran had been behind bars since April 9, when a Bronx judge sentenced him to three to nine years in prison and sent him directly to Rikers Island. He spent barely a week locked up before the Appellate Division intervened, finding what his defense attorney called “legitimate appellate issues” in the case.
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