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Maricopa County, Arizona, Settles Wrongful Imprisonment Suit For $1.4 Million
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2005, page 29
On April 6, 2005, a man falsely imprisoned for a decade on Arizona's death row settled with Maricopa County for $1.4 million.
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Police Misconduct,
Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct,
Wrongful Conviction,
Municipal Liability,
Death Row.
Location:
Arizona.
Ray Krone, once dubbed the snaggletooth" killer, was sentenced to death in 1992 based on testimony that his bite matched a mark found on the victim. He was ...
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