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A wrongful arrest by Columbus police resulted in a lost federal civil rights lawsuit, costing the city more than $545,000 in attorneys' fees.
Logan was released in September 2008, more than 26 years after he was arrested for a murder he did not commit. He subsequently received a certificate of innocence, and was awarded $199,000 in state compensation. In January 2013, the City of Chicago agreed to pay Logan $10.25 million to settle a federal wrongful conviction lawsuit. Mar 5, 1982
The jury on Thursday ordered the city of Salem to pay Garza $2 million in punitive damages, $1 million for non-economic damages for battery and false arrest and $150,000 in economic damages.
The headstone of Timothy Evans, who was wrongfully convicted and executed for two murders that had been committed by his neighbour John Christie. A miscarriage of justice occurs when an unfair outcome occurs in a criminal or civil proceeding, [1] such as the conviction and punishment of a person for a crime they did not commit. [2]
Per Kristian Liland, wrongfully convicted of murdering two of his friends in 1969. He was cleared in 1994. His case is known as The Liland Affair. [119] Liland received 13.7 million Norwegian kroner (about US$1.7 million) as compensation for the wrongful prison sentence. May 19, 2000 Viggo Kristiansen
After spending more than four years in prison, Doelz filed a wrongful conviction compensation case in Shawnee County District Court. After a 2022 trial, Judge Teresa Watson rejected the claim ...
His settlement falls in line with federal compensation law, which provides $50,000 per year of wrongful incarceration, but the $1.2 million is dwarfed by similar settlements in other states.
False arrest, unlawful arrest or wrongful arrest is a common law tort, where a plaintiff alleges they were held in custody without probable cause, or without an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction. Although it is possible to sue law enforcement officials for false arrest, the usual defendants in such cases are private security firms.