EditorialShamel Capers, who was wrongly imprisoned and said he absorbed a beating from correctional officers so as not to endanger his release, in New York, Feb. 15, 2023. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
EditorialShamel Capers, right, embraces his lawyer Winston Paes alongside his mother Tidleek Capers, after being exonerated in Queens Supreme Court, on Nov. 17, 2022. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
EditorialEggplant pasta with anchovy bread crumbs and capers, in New York, Aug. 4, 2022. Food styled by Simon Andrews. (David Malosh/The New York Times)
EditorialBell pepper salad with capers and olives and shrimp pasta with corn and basil in New York, Aug. 31, 2022. Food styled by Greg Lofts. (David Malosh/The New York Times)