NEW YORK (AP) — Officials say a man has accepted a $6 million settlement in a federal lawsuit he filed after spending 24 years in prison for a 1989 New York City slaying before being retried and acquitted.
Derrick Deacon was convicted in the shooting death of a teenager during a robbery in a Queens apartment complex. He was acquitted in a 2013 retrial after a witness recanted and an FBI cooperator identified a different man as the shooter.
Deacon’s lawyer said the settlement is “some level of redemption and compensation” for his client’s suffering.
Deacon also received $3.9 million in a settlement with the state.
- Posted November 02, 2016
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$6M settlement offered for man after 24 years in prison
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