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Corporation counsel seeks $1.435M to fund outside counsel for decades‑old wrongful‑conviction suits
Summary
Patricia King, corporation counsel, told the Finance Committee the city needs to increase outside counsel contract limits to defend seven federal wrongful‑conviction suits tied to 1990s arrests; two trials are scheduled in spring and the city lacked liability insurance for the period in question.
The New Haven Finance Committee voted to forward an amendment that would increase maximum expenditures on several outside legal services contracts after Corporation Counsel Patricia King described multiple pending wrongful‑conviction federal suits arising from arrests in the 1990s.
Patricia King said the city is seeking a transfer of $1,435,000 to the Office of Corporation Counsel's legal services account to pay multiple outside firms. "The plaintiffs routinely sue…
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