Maurice Hastings, 70, who spent 38 years in prison before being found factually innocent, accepted a $25-million settlement ...

An innocent man who spent 38 years behind bars in California was awarded $25 million in what his lawyers called the largest ...

A California Black man spent 38 years behind bars for a crime he spent decades pleading his innocence. Now, he’s just been awarded a landmark multi-million dollar wrongful conviction settlement — ...

After 38 years in prison, new DNA evidence exonerated and freed Maurice Hastings in 2022 and led to the identification of a different suspect. Hastings was declared factually innocent by a California ...

Attorneys for Maurice Hastings say Inglewood police falsified evidence against him for a 1983 murder and buried other ...

Maurice Hastings, who spent 38 years in prison before being exonerated, has been awarded a $25 million settlement from the ...

Maurice Hastings, 72, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole in connection to a 1983 sexual assault and murder of Roberta Wydermyer ...

Settlement marks California’s largest wrongful conviction payout as man says ‘no amount of money could ever restore 38 years ...

EADaily, September 26th, 2025. Maurice Hastings from California served 38 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. He ...

The city of Inglewood has agreed to pay a record $25 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought by Maurice Hastings, a man who was wrongfully imprisoned for over 38 years.

The settlement resolves allegations that Inglewood police officers framed Maurice Hastings for a 1983 carjacking, rape and ...

A man has been compensated with N37 billion for wrongful conviction after spending 38 years in prison. He was charged with ...