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Police can be sued for wrongful conviction (access required)

By: Nora Tooher
Published: August 12, 2010

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A man who was exonerated after being wrongfully convicted of murder can sue the officers who investigated the case and withheld critical information for malicious prosecution, the 6th Circuit has ruled.

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