New York to Pay $5.5M to Man Exonerated of Author Alice Sebold’s Rape

‘EPITOME OF RACISM’

Anthony Broadwater is “relieved” by the settlement, his lawyer said, which comes after he spent 16 years in prison after his wrongful conviction.

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Published Mar. 27 2023 9:58PM EDT

New York state has agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a man who spent 16 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of sexually assaulting The Lovely Bones scribe Alice

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New York to Pay $5.5M to Man Exonerated of Author Alice Sebold’s Rape

Anthony Broadwater is “relieved” by the settlement, his lawyer said, which comes after he spent 16 years in prison after his wrongful conviction.

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