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Final approval in CA compensation suit
Posted: January 12, 2007
A California judge OK'ed a $1 million settlement in a lawsuit DNA exoneree Peter Rose had brought against the city of Lodi, as well as the county and the state. Click here to read the full story. (Lodi News-Sentinel, 01/12/07, Payment required for full article)
Rose was exonerated in 2005, after serving 10 years for a rape he didn't commit. To read more about his case, click here.
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