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March 10, 2025
Bad Police Work Led To 30-Year Sentence, Conn. Jury Told
A Connecticut man who served 30 years in prison for a murder he did not commit should be compensated because one local police officer failed to disclose key evidence and another sat by as the state police fed facts to an informant, his attorneys told a federal jury Monday afternoon.
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May 29, 2024
2nd Circ. Unsure If Error Kept Murder Exonerees' Case Alive
A Second Circuit judge expressed doubt Wednesday that a lower court erred in declining to grant qualified immunity to two Connecticut police officers whose actions allegedly contributed to the wrongful convictions of two men for a 1985 murder, noting that a key piece of evidence challenging prosecutors' theory remains shrouded in mystery.
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March 01, 2024
Conn. Lawmakers OK $25.2M Deal For 2 Jailed In 1985 Killing
The Connecticut General Assembly's bipartisan joint judiciary committee on Friday unanimously approved a $25.2 million settlement for two men who lawmakers agreed were improperly incarcerated for more than 30 years after a chain of failures led to wrongful convictions in a December 1985 New Milford murder.