Marc Brandt, still alive and free, unlike William Virgin
He Spent 28 Years Behind Bars for a Murder He Didn't Commit and Died Before Seeing Justice
The police officers who allegedly framed William Virgil were denied qualified immunity. But they're still trying to delay a trial.
30 March 2022
William Virgil spent almost three decades behind bars for a murder he didn't commit. That guilty verdict came down after police in Kentucky withheld evidence that may have exonerated him during trial. Yet Virgil won't see any justice for that police misconduct, as he is now dead—the government roadblocks to his lawsuit so long and winding that they outlived him. Such is the case with qualified immunity, the legal doctrine that allows local and state actors to violate your rights without fear of having to pay for it in civil court if the government misbehavior in question has not been ...
He Spent 28 Years Behind Bars for a Murder He Didn't Commit and Died Before Seeing Justice
William Virgil spent almost three decades behind bars for a murder he didn't commit. That guilty verdict came down after...
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