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New York: Wrongfully Imprisoned Man Settles For $5,000,000
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2006
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2006, page 36
by Michael RigbyA man who was wrongfully convicted of raping a 5-year-old girl has settled with the state of New York for $5 million, the largest such settlement in state history.
But no amount of money can atone for the seven years Alberto Ramos spent in prison with the …
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