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In 2015, Hamilton filed a federal civil rights lawsuit seeking damages for his wrongful conviction. In November 2019, he settled the lawsuit against the cities of New York and New Haven for $7 million.
Jul 8, 2016 · Derrick Hamilton never went to law school, but prisoners across New York State have heard about his formidable legal skills, which he acquired while he was wrongly imprisoned for murder for...
Jun 13, 2016 · June 13, 2016. Derrick Hamilton was wrongfully convicted of murder, and spent more than two decades trying to prove his innocence. Photograph by Dana Lixenberg for The New Yorker. Derrick...
Feb 8, 2024 · February 8, 2024 · 11 min read. Derrick Hamilton turned 18 behind bars. A few months later in 1983, he was sentenced to 25 years to life for murder and robbery, and transferred to an upstate...
Nov 26, 2019 · City officials in New York and New Haven, Connecticut, agreed two weeks ago to pay Hamilton a total of $7 million to settle a lawsuit he had against three police officers, accusing them of...
Jan 9, 2015 · Hamilton, 49, and a handful of others who say they too were falsely convicted arrived in court on Friday wearing caps emblazoned with "Wrongfully Convicted" on the front and "Victims of...
Nov 21, 2019 · Wrongfully Convicted Derrick Hamilton Wins $7m Settlement from NYC and New Haven. Ryan J. Farrick — November 21, 2019. Image via Pexels/Pixabay. (CCA-BY-0.0) Hamilton is one of 15 men who...
