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Wrongful Conviction

SAN JOSE — A federal court in California ruled that a man who served more than 17 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit can pursue his civil rights claims against individual San Jose Police Department officers who conducted the investigation into the attempted murder at issue. The man claims the investigators fabricated evidence.

/ July 15, 2021

Read the order here.

Categories / Civil Rights, Criminal

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