City Won't Pay $6 Million Awarded to Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for Decades
18 April 2022
reason.com
18 April 2022
City won't pay after wrongful conviction. Qualified immunity allows law enforcement officials to get away with all manner of bad deeds. Now, the city of Durham, North Carolina, is proving that even if you overcome that obstacle, it won't necessarily be enough to get justice. After a Durham detective fabricated evidence, Darryl Howard was wrongfully convicted of murder and imprisoned for more than two decades. A jury awarded Howard $6 million in the ensuing lawsuit, but the city if refusing to pay it. Worse yet, the city is asking Howard to pay the legal fees of two city employees dismissed ...
City Won't Pay $6 Million Awarded to Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for Decades
City won't pay after wrongful conviction. Qualified immunity allows law enforcement officials to get away with all manner of bad...
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