- Posted June 28, 2012
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Man sues officers and township in murder case
DETROIT (AP) -- A Michigan man who spent more than a decade in prison in a 1992 killing before his murder conviction was overturned has filed lawsuit against officers in the case.
The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus of Howell and WHMI-FM report Daniel Albert Newman's lawsuit was filed earlier this year in U.S. District Court in Detroit. It seeks compensatory and other damages.
Newman, now in his 40s, was convicted in the shooting death of Harvey Chappelear in Livingston County's Hamburg Township, about 35 miles west of Detroit. Authorities said Newman killed Chappelear during a robbery, but the conviction was overturned following a 2008 federal appeals court decision.
The lawsuit against the township and two officers claims important evidence wasn't disclosed to prosecutors. The township and its officers deny the claims.
Published: Thu, Jun 28, 2012
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