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New York City Settles Wrongful Imprisonment Suit For $1 Million
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2005, page 32
On February 4, 2005, a man convicted of murder and wrongfully imprisoned for five years based on testimony fabricated by prosecutors settled his claim against the City of New York for $1,000,000.Milton Lantigua, 20,was sitting in front of his Bronx apartment building at around 1 a.m. on June 27, …
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