I admire your strength and resilience and courage and having I believe what happened to you was a profound Injustice and an American Tragedy I wasn't alive when you were arrested but it was truly painful to see how the system failed you I admire your strength and resilience and courage and having enjoyed this that you never should have endured it cannot be said that Mr Lopez is guilty plea was pregnant on a voluntary and intelligent labor of his constitutional protection at this time I'm signing the order dictating the Judgment of conviction and dismissing indictment 4762 of designers we wish to peace and healing thank you today is an important moment not just for the DA's office but for Manhattan New York City and the entire Criminal Justice System what is so striking to me is how young Mr Lopez was when both he was arrested and then when he pled guilty under extraordinary pressure he was questioned in the middle of the night he was implicated by unreliable forensic evidence and by statements he's you know tremendously strong for having endured it so I'm sure that he's feeling a range of emotions but I'm hoping today at the very least Vindicated because I think that there were a lot of awful things that were said about him that I know were not true at the time they were said and they were not true today