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LA - City of Covington agrees to pay former inmate

View the article here 02/27/2009 By Charlie Chapple, The Times-Picayune A Covington man who spent 19 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit is poised to receive $1.4 million in the settlement of a federal lawsuit he filed against the city. During an emergency meeting Friday morning, the Covington City Council approved a $300,000 promissory note to _____, whose 1985 conviction for aggravated rape was overturned in 2004 after DNA evidence conclusively excluded him as a suspect in the crime. The council approved the note by a 5-0 vote after meeting in executive session with City Attorney Deborah Foshee and Mayor Candace Watkins. The $300,000, which will be paid to _____ in 10 annual installments of $30,000, plus $1.1 million from the city's insurers, will be used to settle the suit _____ filed in October 2005, City Council members said...continue to full post

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