Rhino
06-21-2006, 02:31 PM
Jun 21, 3:26 AM EDT
Freed Ex-Lifer Settles Conviction Suit
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A man who served 28 years in prison on a murder conviction but was released after questions were raised about evidence in the case has settled a federal wrongful-conviction lawsuit with the state.
"Now my family and I can move on with our lives and I will be able to attempt to restore mine after 28 years living in a cage," said Steven Crawford, 49.
The terms of Monday's settlement, which also covered a second lawsuit he had filed, were not disclosed. Neither Crawford nor the state admitted any wrongdoing.
Crawford had been convicted three times in the bludgeoning death of a 13-year-old Harrisburg paperboy, John Eddie Mitchell, in 1970.......http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WRONGFUL_CONVICTION_SUIT?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US
Freed Ex-Lifer Settles Conviction Suit
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A man who served 28 years in prison on a murder conviction but was released after questions were raised about evidence in the case has settled a federal wrongful-conviction lawsuit with the state.
"Now my family and I can move on with our lives and I will be able to attempt to restore mine after 28 years living in a cage," said Steven Crawford, 49.
The terms of Monday's settlement, which also covered a second lawsuit he had filed, were not disclosed. Neither Crawford nor the state admitted any wrongdoing.
Crawford had been convicted three times in the bludgeoning death of a 13-year-old Harrisburg paperboy, John Eddie Mitchell, in 1970.......http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WRONGFUL_CONVICTION_SUIT?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US