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NY agrees to pay $5.5M to man wrongfully convicted in author Alice Sebold's rape
[NYPOST] New York state has agreed to pay $5.5 million to a man who was exonerated after spending 16 years in prison for the rape of award-winning novelist Alice Sebold when she was a student at Syracuse University in 1981, The Post has learned.Anthony Broadwater, 62, sued the state for damages after his conviction was overturned by a judge in November 2021 — nearly 22 years following his release from prison in 1999.At a hearing last month, Syracuse Court of Claims Judge Ramon Rivera was presented with the $5.5 million settlement agreement signed by his attorneys and lawyers from the New York Attorney General’s office. Rivera must still sign the agreement, but Broadwater’s lawyer Melissa Swartz told The Post on Monday the judge didn’t raise any objection to the proposed settlement and she expected he would sign off on it. "Tony is grateful to the state of New York for swiftly resolving this matter," Swartz said. "I appreciate what Attorney General James has done and I hope and pray that others in my situation can receive the same measure of justice," Broadwater said in a statement through a lawyer. "We all suffer from destroyed lives." Related: New York state: 2023-03-27 New York Close to Passing Statewide Gas Stove Ban on New Homes New York state: 2023-03-26 US-Canada agree to turn back asylum seekers at border New York state: 2023-01-28 Radical Muslim leader convicted of recruiting ISIS supporters Related: Syracuse University: 2023-01-04 Biden's DHS: ‘No Records' on Over 350K Border Crossers Released into U.S. Syracuse University: 2022-12-12 Lockerbie bombing suspect in US custody two years after being charged Syracuse University: 2022-12-11 Suspect in 1988 Pan Am 103 explosion that killed 270 people taken into custody by US Posted by: Fred 2023-03-29 |
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