Topic: County settles for $4.1 million
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Tue 02/16/10 04:58 PM
Wrongful imprisonment law-suit

Read it, it's all right here.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/16/tim.masters.settlement/index.html?hpt=T2

Congratulations to Tim Masters and his legal team.

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Tue 02/16/10 05:06 PM
"It was 12 years after Hettrick's slaying before prosecutors convicted him and he was sentenced to life in prison.

Police procured no physical evidence in their investigation, and prosecutors relied largely on a collection of knives and gruesome doodles and sketches, as well as the testimony of a forensic psychologist who implicated Masters without ever interviewing him.

Citing DNA evidence that did not implicate Masters, a visiting judge threw out the case in 2008, and Masters walked free.

A year after his release, Masters told CNN he maintained hard feelings for police and prosecutors in the case and said he felt he would have a wife and job if not for the bogus conviction. He was selling items on eBay at the time to earn money.

"They locked me up for a decade for something I didn't do," he told CNN.

Wymore said Tuesday that Masters' eBay income has dried up since he spoke to CNN last year. He is presently living in his aunt's basement and attending school to be recertified as an aircraft mechanic, a job he enjoyed during his eight years in the Navy."

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Tue 02/16/10 09:13 PM
I wish him all the luck in the world . I wonder why the state hasn't made him an offer at settlement .