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$750,000 Settlement for MI Man Wrongfully Jailed for Murder of Girlfriend's Infant Son
Loaded on Aug. 7, 2017
by Joe Watson
by Joe Watson
Matthew Ditzhazy, who was acquitted of charges that he murdered his girlfriend’s 19-month-old son, reached a $750,000 settlement agreement in July 2008 with the city of Lincoln Park, Mich., near Detroit, where he spent a year and a half in jail.
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