“I have an ear for innocence,” Cyrus Vance, Jr., said as he discussed what distinguished him from his two Democratic rivals in the September 15 primary for Manhattan district attorney. “My ear for innocence isn’t derivative of somebody else telling me about a case they had. My ear for innocence and my ear for innocence as a head prosecutor will be because I have represented people who I knew were improperly charged and it was my responsibility to try to convince the DA or the prosecutor that the charges or the investigation should be stopped.”
