A Brooklyn man who was freed from jail in April after spending 25 years in prison for a crime he did not commit plans to sue New York City for $162 million.
Jonathan Fleming, 51, was sentenced to 25 years to life for the 1989 murder of Darryl Rush. Fleming, who insisted that he was in Orlando, Fla., at the time, was released after Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson's Conviction Review Unit learned that police coerced false testimony out of a crack addict in exchange for a deal.
The Associated Press reports that Fleming has initiated the suit against the city:
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According to the Associated Press, the city comptroller's office offered no comment on the matter as of yesterday.
[via Associated Press]
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