Current:Home > StocksLos Angeles to pay $8M to man who spent 12 years in prison for armed robberies he didn’t commit-Angel Dreamer Wealth Society D1 Reviews & Insights
Los Angeles to pay $8M to man who spent 12 years in prison for armed robberies he didn’t commit
View Date:2024-12-23 23:36:06
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The city of Los Angeles will pay $8 million to a man who spent 12 years in prison for a series of armed robberies he didn’t commit, his lawyers announced.
The criminal case against Ruben Martinez Jr. was thrown out in 2019 after prosecutors agreed he had been wrongly convicted. Investigators tracked down alibi witnesses who said Martinez was at work when some of the crimes were committed between 2005 and 2007.
The settlement “recognizes not only the anguish Mr. Martinez and his family experienced throughout his wrongful imprisonment, but also the egregious police misconduct and missteps that came to light through discovery arising from the civil lawsuit,” his attorneys said in a statement.
The Los Angeles Police Department and the city attorney’s office didn’t immediately respond to emails seeking comment on the settlement.
Martinez’s first trial ended with a deadlocked jury. Two of the victims testified at that trial that Martinez was not the robber. Defense attorneys said those witnesses were not called by the prosecution or the defense in the subsequent trial that ended with a conviction and a sentence of more than 47 years.
In a statement provided Tuesday by his attorneys, Martinez said, “Today, we can finally right this wrong.”
veryGood! (4)
Related
- Sofia Richie Reveals 5-Month-Old Daughter Eloise Has a Real Phone
- Tiger Woods finishes one over par after Round 1 of Genesis Invitational at Riviera
- Nkechi Diallo, Formerly Known as Rachel Dolezal, Speaks Out After Losing Job Over OnlyFans Account
- Amy Schumer on 'infectious' Jimmy Buffett, his 'Life & Beth' cameo as street singer
- Top Federal Reserve official defends central bank’s independence in wake of Trump win
- Survivors of recent mass shootings revive calls for federal assault weapons ban, 20 years later
- Auto workers threaten to strike again at Ford’s huge Kentucky truck plant in local contract dispute
- Prosecutors drop domestic violence charge against Boston Bruins’ Milan Lucic
- Michigan soldier’s daughter finally took a long look at his 250 WWII letters
- Wendy's adds Cinnabon Pull-Apart to breakfast offerings: See when it's set to hit menus
Ranking
- Deion Sanders says he would prevent Shedeur Sanders from going to wrong team in NFL draft
- FBI informant lied to investigators about Bidens' business dealings, special counsel alleges
- NBA All-Star break power rankings with Finals predictions from Shaq, Barkley and Kenny Smith
- American woman goes missing in Madrid after helmeted man disables cameras
- A growing and aging population is forcing Texas counties to seek state EMS funding
- Judge rejects Texas AG Ken Paxton’s request to throw out nearly decade-old criminal charges
- A Liberian woman with a mysterious past dwells in limbo in 'Drift'
- Sterling K. Brown recommends taking it 'moment to moment,' on screen and in life
Recommendation
-
TikToker Campbell “Pookie” Puckett Gives Birth, Welcomes First Baby With Jett Puckett
-
Brian Wilson needs to be put in conservatorship after death of wife, court petition says
-
Paul McCartney reunited with stolen 1961 Höfner bass after more than 50 years
-
Ohio woman who disappeared with 5-year-old foster son sent officers to his body — in a sewer drain
-
Powerball winning numbers for Nov. 13 drawing: Jackpot rises to $113 million
-
Beyoncé has been on the move and posting more lately, to fans' delight
-
Protests, poisoning and prison: The life and death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny
-
Deliberations resume in the murder trial of former Ohio deputy who fatally shot a Black man