NYC Will Pay Grant Williams $7 Million in a Wrongful Conviction Settlement

New York City has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with a man who spent 23 years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of second-degree murder, officials said Monday.

According to The Associated Press, Comptroller Brad Lander said the city will pay Grant Williams, 51, of Staten Island, $7 million in the settlement.

Williams, who was convicted in the 1996 shooting death of Shdell Lewis on Staten Island, was sentenced to 25 years to life in 1997, the AP reported. He was released on parole in 2019 and cleared in July 2021 following a review of his case, according to the Staten Island Advance.

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