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The Oklahoman reported Saturday Yancy Douglas accepted the settlement in the federal case in which he initially sought $32 million for wrongful imprisonment, malicious prosecution and other claims.
Douglas and another former death row inmate, Paris Powell, filed separate federal lawsuits in 2010 after their murder convictions were overturned.
The two were convicted in the fatal drive-by shooting of a 14-year-old girl in south Oklahoma City in 1993.
A federal appeals court overturned their convictions in 2009 after concluding a prosecutor knowingly used false testimony from the only eyewitness.
A federal appeals court overturned their convictions in 2009 after concluding a prosecutor knowingly used false testimony from the only eyewitness.
Powell’s lawsuit is still pending.
Source: News9.com, August 7, 2017
Former Death Row Inmate Settles Lawsuit Against Oklahoma
Former death row inmate Yancy L. Douglas has accepted a settlement in his $32 million lawsuit against a former prosecutor and the state of Oklahoma.
How much he will be paid from taxpayer dollars under the settlement was not immediately disclosed.
"The terms of it are confidential," said John W. Coyle, one of his attorneys.
Douglas, 43, and another former death row inmate, Paris Lapriest Powell, 44, filed separate lawsuits in Oklahoma City federal court in 2010 after their murder convictions were overturned.
A jury trial in Douglas' lawsuit had been scheduled to begin next week. The case was settled Wednesday.
A jury trial in Powell's lawsuit is set to begin Sept. 12. He also is seeking $32 million.
Douglas and Powell were on death row for years after being convicted at separate trials in the fatal drive-by shooting of a 14-year-old girl, Shauna Farrow.
Source: NewsOK, Nolan Klay, August 5, 2017
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