Crime & Justice

New York to Pay $5.5M to Man Exonerated of Author Alice Sebold’s Rape

‘EPITOME OF RACISM’

Anthony Broadwater is “relieved” by the settlement, his lawyer said, which comes after he spent 16 years in prison after his wrongful conviction.

AJ McDougall
AJ McDougall 

Breaking News Reporter

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AJ McDougall

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