Fascinating Facts About The Groundbreaking TV Show America’s Most Wanted

Some Criminals Featured On The Show Were Set Free

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While many of the suspects on the show were captured, apprehended, and sentenced for their crimes, not all of the people featured on the program were found guilty of wrongdoing. Suspected murderer Richard Emile Newman was profiled on the show, and tips led investigators to an apartment in Brooklyn, New York.

He was arrested in the city in 2004 for the shooting of a Toronto nightclub bouncer and was extradited to Canada in 2006 to stand trial. Newman was acquitted in 2010 after the jury found him not guilty of first-degree murder. However, he still had to serve a 12-year sentence in the United States following a gun battle with U.S. Marshals.