Wrongly Convicted Man Sues Balt. City For $9M

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- After spending more than 20 years behind bars for crimes he didn't commit, James Owens is suing Baltimore City.

Owens was convicted in 1988 or the rape and murder of a woman in O'Donnell Heights.

DNA evidence later cleared him and he was released in 2008.

Now, Baltimore could pay $9 million to settle the suit.

The suit claims police pressured a key witness and withheld evidence from Owens' lawyers.

The city's board of estimates will review the proposed settlement Wednesday.

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