- Posted February 02, 2012
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California
Wrongly convicted SF man files civil rights suit
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A man who served 18 years in prison for a San Francisco double murder he didn't commit has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city.
The San Francisco Chronicle says 41-year-old Caramad Conley's suit claims police built their case with perjured testimony. The San Francisco federal suit was filed Friday.
Caramad was released from prison a year ago after a judge ruled a police informant and star witness lied on the stand.
Conley was sentenced to two life terms without parole for the April 1989 drive-by shooting deaths of Roshawn Johnson and Charles Hughes.
California
Judge upholds decision to expel wrestler
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- A judge has upheld a Central California school district's decision to expel a former wrestler who executed a "butt drag" wrestling move on an unwilling teammate.
Fresno County prosecutors had dropped the sexual battery charge against the 17-year-old Buchanan High School senior for allegedly ramming his fingers into the rectum of a teammate.
The teen filed a defamation lawsuit against the Clovis Unified School District, but a judge has now ruled that the district was within its legal right to expel the teenager.
A federal civil rights suit is still pending.
The Fresno Bee says court records show the district has agreed to pay $85,000 to settle a claim filed by the victim, but a lawyer for the district says the claim is still pending.
Published: Thu, Feb 2, 2012
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