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Tulsa, Oklahoma Settles Four Wrongful Conviction Lawsuits for $810,000
Loaded on Dec. 31, 2015
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2016, page 40
Filed under:
Police Misconduct,
Wrongful Conviction.
Tulsa, Oklahoma Settles Four Wrongful Conviction Lawsuits for $810,000
by Matt Clarke
In January 2014, the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma agreed to pay $35,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a man claiming his wrongful conviction was the result of police corruption; that same month the city …
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