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Post by Logan on May 8, 2017 2:36:00 GMT -6
City of Oakland to Settle Wrongful Attempted-Murder Conviction for $300,000Ronald Ross was convicted in the 2006 attempted murder of Renardo Williams and spent nearly seven years in prison. Oakland's city attorney is now recommending that the city council settle a malicious-prosecution lawsuit for $300,000. The 2006 case against Ross appeared to be a slam dunk. The Oakland police and Alameda County District Attorney alleged that Ross went to Williams' apartment in West Oakland's Campbell Village housing complex and shot him with a .22 in the stomach. Williams, while he was recovering in Highland Hospital, identified Ross' photo when Oakland police Sgt. Steve Lovell showed him a lineup of six faces. And another witness who was with Williams at the time of the shooting also fingered Ross as the gunman. Read more: www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2017/05/04/city-of-oakland-to-settle-wrongful-attempted-murder-conviction-for-300000
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