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Wrongfully imprisoned Maryland man who spent 32 years behind bars sues former authorities
HARFORD COUNTY, MARYLAND, JUL 24 – Huffington seeks damages and accountability for wrongful conviction and 32 years of imprisonment due to alleged prosecutorial misconduct in Harford County, Maryland.
- On Thursday, John Huffington filed a civil lawsuit against Harford County government and former law enforcement officials, alleging misconduct in his wrongful conviction.
- Following DNA tests in 2013, he was released, pardoned in January 2023 by former Governor Larry Hogan, and awarded $3 million.
- According to the lawsuit, Harford County prosecutors allegedly discarded and withheld exculpatory evidence, and prosecutors relied on discredited hair testimony, including ten counts of misconduct.
- Harford County officials responded, while Detective David Saneman said he had not seen or heard of the suit, and Huffington demands a jury trial and compensation.
- The case will be heard by US District Judge Brendan Hurson in Baltimore, and Huffington seeks accountability and to help others still incarcerated by exposing official misconduct and recovering lost years.
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Man wrongfully imprisoned in 1981 files federal civil lawsuit
By Barry Simms Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — A man wrongfully imprisoned in 1981 is filing a lawsuit. John Huffington said at a news conference Thursday in Downtown Baltimore that he has spent 44 years fighting and he called his federal civil lawsuit important to him and his family. The lawsuit outlines how Huffington served 32 years in prison for a wrongful conviction. “For me, a big part of this is I can’t help bu…
Wrongfully convicted man sues prosecutors, police after 32 years in prison
John Huffington, in a 2023 photo in the State House as he was being awarded $2.9 million for being wrongly imprisoned for three decades for a double murder he did not commit. Now he is suing the men -- or their estates -- who put him behind bars. (Photo by Bryan P. Sears/Maryland Matters)After spending 32 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit, John Huffington is determined to sue those he says are responsible for his wrongful inc…
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Wrongfully imprisoned Maryland man who spent 32 years behind bars sues former authorities
A Maryland man who was wrongly imprisoned for 32 years for two murders he did not commit is suing former law enforcement officials, though four of the five people named in the lawsuit are deceased.
Wrongfully imprisoned man who spent 32 years behind bars sues former authorities
A Maryland man who was wrongly imprisoned for 32 years for two murders he did not commit is suing former law enforcement officials, though four of the five people named in the lawsuit are deceased
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