The SF City Attorney Insisted Maurice Caldwell Was A Murderer. Today The Board Of Supervisors Approved His $8 Million Settlement.

San Francisco CA

06 October, 2021

7:47 PM

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By Eleni Balakrishnan, Mission Local October 5, 2021 San Francisco's Board of Supervisors gave the final approval today for an $8 million settlement with Maurice Caldwell, a man who sued the city nine years ago for wrongfully putting him in prison for two decades. Caldwell, who was released from prison and had his charges dismissed in 2011, filed a federal lawsuit in 2012 against the city, the SFPD, and three specific officers. He alleged that the police had interfered with his civil rights and fabricated evidence by convincing a witness to identify him as the suspect. Nearly 10 years later, he will finally be compensated for the two wrongful decades he spent in prison. To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.