Wrongfully convicted man wins $25 million verdict 
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: February 3, 2012
Tags: civil rights violation, malicious prosecution, verdicts, wrongful conviction
A man who was wrongly arrested and imprisoned for murder at age 13 and exonerated more than 16 years later has been awarded $25 million by a federal jury in Chicago.
Pathologist can be sued for malicious prosecution
Published: December 21, 2011
Tags: malicious prosecution, privilege
A pathologist could not claim an absolute privilege from liability when sued for preparing an allegedly erroneous autopsy report that resulted in the plaintiff’s criminal prosecution, the Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
Jury awards $1 million in suit involving prosecutor
Published: September 22, 2011
Tags: malicious prosecution, Missouri
A Webster County, Missouri jury unanimously has awarded a court clerk $1 million in a case against Texas County Prosecutor Mike Anderson, who she said maliciously targeted her after a 2005 incident.
Police can be sued for wrongful conviction
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: August 12, 2010
Tags: Brady, civil rights, malicious prosecution
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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