Baltimore is set to pay $48 million to three men wrongfully convicted of a 1983 murder who went on to allege in a lawsuit that Baltimore Police detectives coerced false witness statements to implicate them in the crime. In 2020, the men were awarded $8.7 million – $2.9 million each – by the Maryland Board of Public Works. But they also sued Baltimore Police, alleging constitutional violations by former detectives Donald Kincaid, John Barrick and Bryn Joyce. Hiding Exculpatory EvidenceChestnut, Stewart and Watkins were 16-year-olds at the time of their arrest for the killing of 14-year-old Dewitt Duckett. The crime set off a debate about youth crime and school safety.

Source: ABC News October 12, 2023 18:53 UTC