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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 | Back issues
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Wrongly jailed 11 years

PITTSBURGH — A federal judge in Pennsylvania allowed a formerly imprisoned woman to sue a county for malicious prosecution and conspiracy after she spent more than 11 years in prison for a murder she did not commit. The investigator may have ignored exculpatory evidence to make her seem guilty.

Read the ruling here.

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