Huge Award in False Confessions Case
Keith Longtin spent 8 months in jail after police interrogated him for 38 hours and got him to falsely confess to murdering his wife. A Prince George County, Va MD. jury has awarded him $6.8 million in damages.
Longtin, now 50, was released from jail only after DNA evidence found in his slain wife was matched with a serial rapist. The sexual offender was later convicted of the murder.
The Circuit Court jury awarded $5.2 million in compensatory damages to Longtin. It also leveled punitive damages of nearly $1.2 million against four county homicide detectives -- one of whom is retired -- who, the jury found, violated Longtin's civil rights.
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