17-09-2017 00:40 via connecticut.cbslocal.com

Man Files Wrongful Conviction Suit After 2015 Prison Release

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) _ A man who was sentenced to prison for the slaying of an elderly man and released almost a decade later after his case was dismissed has filed a wrongful murder conviction lawsuit against a Connecticut city.
Bobby Johnson took a plea deal in 2007 that called for a 38-year sentence in the 2006 killing of 70-year-old Herbert Fields in New Haven. Authorities had alleged Johnson was 16 when he fatally shot fields.Johnson was released from prison in 2015.
The New Haven Registe
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