Murder of Nathan Blenner

Nathan Blenner (1965–1985) was a 20-year-old man from Queens, New York who was kidnapped in 1985 outside his home. His body was found with a single fatal bullet wound in his head. Willie Stuckey and David McCallum, both 16 at the time, were arrested and allegedly confessed to killing Blenner during an attempted car theft and later alleged to having a joyride in the victim's car.

Despite recanting their confessions soon after, both suspects were found guilty and sentenced to 25 years to life imprisonment based on false confessions. Both suspects were exonerated in 2014. McCallum was exonerated and released after serving 29 years of his sentence. Stuckey was posthumously exonerated. He died in prison in 2001 having served 16 years behind bars. A campaign for the exoneration of the two came after a lengthy and publicized campaigns for McCallum's release.^{[citation needed]}