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City agrees to $375,000 settlement in wrongful-incarceration suit by David Morris
Summary
Baltimore’s law department told the Board of Estimates it reached a $375,000 settlement with David Morris, who was exonerated after new DNA testing and a writ of actual innocence; the settlement resolves claims arising from his 2004 arrest and subsequent incarceration.
Deputy City Solicitor Steven Salisbury told the Board of Estimates the city and Baltimore Police Department reached a settlement of $375,000 with David Morris, who was released after a court granted a writ of actual innocence following additional DNA testing.
The nut graf: Morris was arrested in December 2004 and convicted in August 2005; in 2019…
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