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Boston Globe: City Pays $5m Settlement for Wrongful Murder Conviction

Shawn Drumgold and defense attorney Rosemary Scapicchio in 2012. Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe

The city of Boston has paid $5 million to Shawn Drumgold, who spent 15 years in jail for a crime he didn’t commit, according to the Boston Globe.

Drumgold was convicted of killing 12-year-old Darlene Tiffany Moore in an infamous 1998 murder case.

From the Globe:

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