DETROIT (AP) — A jury awarded $10 million to a Detroit-area man who spent nearly six years in prison for the killing of a 15-year-old girl before his conviction was thrown out at the request of prosecutors.
The jury said Alexandre Ansari's constitutional rights were violated by a Detroit police detective who concealed evidence in the fatal shooting.
Photos You Should See View All 33 ImagesA failure to disclose the information would be “egregious," U.S. District Judge Stephen Murphy III said earlier in the litigation.
But the prosecutor's office found that he feared for his family in Texas and Mexico if the drug dealer knew he was investigating him for murder, according to evidence in the case.
In 2019, prosecutor Kym Worthy agreed to a "full and complete exoneration" of Ansari, freeing him from a life prison sentence, Mueller said.
Persons:
—, Alexandre Ansari's, “, Wolf Mueller, Mueller, Ileana Cuevas, Stephen Murphy III, Kym Worthy, Ansari
Organizations:
DETROIT, Detroit, District
Locations:
Detroit, Wayne County, U.S, Texas, Mexico