US man exonerated of murder after 13 years in prison wins civil rights lawsuit, $13.2M
Source: Associated Press
US man exonerated of murder after 13 years in prison wins civil rights lawsuit, $13.2M
By Amanda Lee Myers, The Associated Press March 9, 2013 6:03 PM
CINCINNATI - A man who was exonerated after spending 13 years in prison for murder cried as a federal jury found that two Cleveland police detectives violated his civil rights by coercing and falsifying testimony and withholding evidence that pointed to his innocence.
The jury's verdict on Friday, which included awarding $13.2 million to David Ayers of Cleveland for his pain and suffering, brings an end to the legal battle he's been fighting since his arrest in the 1999 killing of 76-year-old Dorothy Brown.
Ayers, 56, was released from prison in 2011 after the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati reversed his conviction and the state decided not to seek another trial.
Ayers had been found guilty of killing Brown, who was found in her Cleveland apartment bludgeoned to death, covered in defensive wounds and naked from the waist down; she also had been robbed. DNA testing later proved that a pubic hair found in her mouth did not come from Ayers.
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Although money won't bring back 13 years of his life.
...(and the judges who exonerate them) continue to walk free.
No justice. No peace.
K&R
