City of Detroit to Pay $4M to Man Who Served More Than 22 Years in Prison on a Wrongful Conviction

The City Council on Tuesday authorized a $4 million settlement payment to a Detroit man who served more than 22 years in prison on a wrongful conviction.

LaVone Hill filed a federal lawsuit in 2025 against the city and several of its officers, arguing that they coerced false testimony from witnesses and that they hid and fabricated evidence in his case.

Hill was released from prison in October 2024 after a Wayne County judge vacated his double murder conviction following an investigation by the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Conviction Integrity Unit.

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