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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