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The Los Angeles City Council has agreed to pay a total of $24.3 million to two men who each spent decades in prison for murder before they were exonerated.
The council voted Tuesday to pay $16.7 million to Kash Register and $7.6 million to Bruce Lisker.
Los Angeles to Pay $24.3M to 2 Wrongly Convicted Men
Yep, that is his real name.
Register was convicted of the 1979 murder of an elderly man in West Los Angeles, insisting throughout that he was innocent. At the time, a neighbor told police she heard gunshots and saw Register sprinting away from the scene.
But the neighbor's sisters said that wasn’t true. In court papers, Sheila Vanderkam said that she had tried to tell a police detective that her sister Brenda Anderson had lied, but was hushed. Another of her sisters, Sharon Anderson, also said in court papers that she had told police that they had the wrong man.
Register had refused to admit guilt each time he appeared before the parole board.
Decades after Register was convicted, Vanderkam typed his unusual name into a website that locates convicted felons and found that he was still in prison, a discovery that spurred her to find his attorney and prompted a fresh examination of his case. Register was ultimately freed less than three years ago, after 34 years in prison.
L.A. to pay $24 million to two men imprisoned for decades after wrongful murder convictions
And what happens to the woman that lied?
The council voted Tuesday to pay $16.7 million to Kash Register and $7.6 million to Bruce Lisker.
Los Angeles to Pay $24.3M to 2 Wrongly Convicted Men
Yep, that is his real name.
Register was convicted of the 1979 murder of an elderly man in West Los Angeles, insisting throughout that he was innocent. At the time, a neighbor told police she heard gunshots and saw Register sprinting away from the scene.
But the neighbor's sisters said that wasn’t true. In court papers, Sheila Vanderkam said that she had tried to tell a police detective that her sister Brenda Anderson had lied, but was hushed. Another of her sisters, Sharon Anderson, also said in court papers that she had told police that they had the wrong man.
Register had refused to admit guilt each time he appeared before the parole board.
Decades after Register was convicted, Vanderkam typed his unusual name into a website that locates convicted felons and found that he was still in prison, a discovery that spurred her to find his attorney and prompted a fresh examination of his case. Register was ultimately freed less than three years ago, after 34 years in prison.
L.A. to pay $24 million to two men imprisoned for decades after wrongful murder convictions
And what happens to the woman that lied?
