Innocent Man Sues BPD After Spending 30 Years In Prison; Says Detectives Withheld Evidence That Would Have Cleared Him

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Baltimore area man, who was exonerated after being incarcerated for almost 30 years for a murder he did not commit, filed a federal lawsuit against former homicide detectives and the Baltimore Police Department for allegedly suppressing evidence of his innocence in order to implicate him in a murder.
Jerome Johnson was 20 years old in October 1988 when he was arrested and charged with murder.
However, Johnson always maintained his innocence, his lawyers said.
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