A 14 yr old coerced into a murder confession spent 14 years in prison. [View all]
He was finally released due to DNA evidence and now, two years later, he's filed a civil suit.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/22/us/forced-confession-lawsuit.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=3&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F06%2F22%2Fus%2Fforced-confession-lawsuit.html&eventName=Watching-article-click
Lawrence Montoya was 14 when he was questioned for nearly three hours at the Denver Police Headquarters as a suspect in the killing of a schoolteacher.
There, detectives screamed at him, banged on the table and told him he would be going to prison for the rest of his life, a lawsuit says. Finally, Mr. Montoya, an eighth-grade student, confessed.
That was in 2000. In 2014, he was released from prison after new DNA tests raised doubts about his involvement in the murder. Mr. Montoya, now 31, is suing the police and city of Denver for $30 million in damages over the “coerced interrogation” and false arrest, the lawsuit says.
“He basically grew up in prison for something that he didn’t do,” said Jane Fisher-Byrialsen, one of Mr. Montoya’s lawyers. “He has tried to get used to living in a world of internet and cellphones and stuff that he did not have access to before.”
The civil rights complaint, filed June 14 in United States District Court, seeks a jury trial.
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