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Boyd v. The City of Buffalo et al
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November 20, 2025
Family Of Wrongfully Convicted Man Awarded $80 Million
A federal jury on Wednesday awarded $80 million to the family of a Buffalo, New York, man who spent 27 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of a 1976 murder — the largest wrongful conviction jury verdict awarded to a single person in U.S. history, attorneys said.
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July 22, 2022
Inside An Atty's Plan To Get 2 Wrongfully Jailed Men Justice
Two Black men from Buffalo, New York, spent more than two decades in prison for a murder they likely didn’t commit before a state trial court overturned their conviction last year. Now, they’re suing Erie County for civil rights violation, helped by a savvy attorney who pioneered a legal strategy to pierce through prosecutors' immunity.