City of Detroit to Pay $5.8M to Man Wrongfully Convicted for 15 Years

The City of Detroit is paying a $5.8 million legal settlement to a man who spent 15 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit.

The agreement, approved Tuesday by Detroit City Council, will bring a conclusion to a 2018 lawsuit filed by Detroiter Aaron Salter. The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office determined a case of mistaken identity led to Salter’s conviction in the 2003 shooting death of Willie Thomas. Months after the prosecutor’s ruling, Salter filed a $75 million lawsuit against the city and a Detroit Police Department detective on claims that evidence in the case had been fabricated.

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