One of seven men convicted in the notorious killing of a Utah tourist on a Manhattan subway platform is making a new bid for exoneration, 13 years later.
Johnny Hincapie's lawyers filed papers Monday seeking a new trial for him in the death of Brian Watkins.
The 22-year-old Watkins was killed defending his mother from a mugging on the 53rd Street-Seventh-Avenue platform in September 1990.
The family was in town from Provo, Utah, to attend the U.S. Open tennis tournament.
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The 41-year-old Hincapie has unsuccessfully challenged his conviction before. The new filing cites new evidence: a sworn statement from an exonerated co-defendant saying that Hincapie also wasn't involved.
Hincapie also maintains police coerced him into confessing.
There was no immediate response from the Manhattan DA's office.
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