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New York City Pays $41 Million for Wrongful Convictions in Central Park Jogger Rape Case
Loaded on March 1, 2016
by Derek Gilna
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2016, page 58
Filed under:
Police Misconduct,
Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct,
Wrongful Conviction.
Location:
New York.
The City of New York, after eleven years of litigation, finally agreed to pay $41 million to settle a case involving the wrongful conviction of five former prisoners who were juveniles at the time of their arrest. One of the men received $12.25 million and each of the other four ...
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