Inglewood agrees $25M settlement for wrongfully convicted man
The City of Inglewood has agreed to pay $25 million to Maurice Hastings, 72, who spent more than 38 years in prison for a 1983 kidnapping, sexual assault and murder he did not commit. Hastings was exonerated after new DNA evidence in 2022, officially declared factually innocent in 2023, and attorneys say the settlement resolves federal civil‑rights claims alleging an Inglewood detective falsified evidence and suppressed exculpatory proof.
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Freed after 38 years in prison, wrongfully convicted man receives $25 million settlement from the City of Inglewood
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- City of Inglewood to pay $25 million to Maurice Hastings, who spent over 38 years incarcerated for a 1983 crime.
- Hastings was exonerated after new DNA testing in 2022 and declared factually innocent by a California superior court in 2023.
- Attorneys allege an Inglewood Police Department detective falsified evidence and buried alibi‑supporting material; DNA later linked another man, Kenneth Packnett (died 2020), to the crime.