Inglewood付2500万美元给Maurice Hastings, 1983年被误判38年监禁。 Inglewood pays $25 million to Maurice Hastings, wrongfully convicted in 1983, for 38 years in prison.

Maurice Hastings,72岁,在因1983年谋杀Roberta Wydermyer而被监禁38年之后,从加州历史上最大的错误定罪的Inglewood得到一笔2 500万美元的和解。 Maurice Hastings, 72, received a $25 million settlement from Inglewood, the largest in California history for a wrongful conviction, after spending 38 years in prison for the 1983 murder of Roberta Wydermyer. 根据有缺陷的证据定罪,他于2023年被免除罪责,因为DNA测试将他排除在外,并与Kenneth Packnet(谋杀数周后被捕的Kennet Packnet)相匹配,此人携带被盗物品和一把枪,但从未调查过。 Convicted based on flawed evidence, he was exonerated in 2023 after DNA testing excluded him and matched Kenneth Packnett, a man arrested weeks after the murder with stolen items and a matching firearm, but never investigated. 检察官和黑斯廷斯的律师于2022年共同寻求撤销定罪,并援引执法不当行为,包括伪造证据和虚假陈述。 Prosecutors and Hastings’ lawyers jointly sought to vacate the conviction in 2022, citing law enforcement misconduct, including suppressed evidence and false statements. Hastings现在住在南加州, 活跃在他的教堂里, 说任何钱都无法恢复他失去的岁月, 但定居标志着一个重要决议, Hastings, now living in Southern California and active in his church, said no amount of money can restore his lost years, but the settlement marks a significant resolution to a decades-long fight for justice.