New York Post

‘Voodoo’ gang leader’s slay raps tossed

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A Bronx convict accused of using black magic to run his drug gang will walk free Monday — after a judge vacated his sentence for murder based on newly discovered evidence.

Calvin Buari, 46, who has spent the past 22 years behind bars, was serving a 50years-to-life sentence for the 1992 shooting deaths of two men in a drug turf war.

Then another man, Dwight Robinson, confessed to the double murder in a 2003 affidavit, although he was never prosecuted, police sources said. Robinson later recanted his confession.

New witnesses came forward in 2015, either claiming they saw another person pull the trigger or insisting Buari couldn’t have been involved, according to the source.

After a series of hearings, Bronx Supreme Court Justice Eugene Oliver Friday tossed Buari’s 1995 conviction Friday and ordered him released without bail, over prosecutor­s’ objections.

A retired NYPD detective with knowledge of the case said he was shocked to hear Buari would be back on the streets.

“This was a bad guy who hurt a lot of people by dealing drugs,” said the former cop. “I’m surprised to see a judge would let him out on just some hearsay.”

Given that the jurist’s decision came down late in the day, Buari was forced to spend two more days in Green Haven Cor- rectional Facility before his release.

“We are deciding whether to appeal the decision or retry him,” said a spokeswoma­n with the Bronx District Attorney’s Office.

Back in the day, Buari ruled his drug territory with the help of his rumored black-magic powers, sources said at the time.

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