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Exonerated New York Prisoner Recovers $21.9 Million in Damages
Loaded on March 31, 2016
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2016, page 30
An exonerated former New York prisoner received $21.9 million as a result of settlements and a jury verdict in a federal lawsuit claiming that law enforcement officials were responsible for his wrongful convictions for rape and homicide.
Jeffrey Deskovic, 16, was arrested in January 1990 for the murder of 15-year-old ...
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