Connecticut will pay nearly $5.9 million to the family of Richard Lapointe, a disabled man wrongly imprisoned for over two decades before being freed in 2015. Lapointe, with Dandy-Walker syndrome, was convicted in 1992 of murder and rape but his conviction was overturned due to a coerced confession and withheld evidence. The settlement recognizes the state’s error, though Lapointe tragically passed away in 2020 without seeing his final vindication.
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Cardinals depart for St. Louis
On March 13 in the Chicago area, weather records included a high temperature of 73 degrees in 2007 and 3.9 inches of snowfall in 2017. Significant events from the past on this date included the founding of the Chicago Board of Trade in 1848, the death of attorney Clarence Darrow in 1938, and the release of Nathan Leopold from prison in 1958. Additionally, in 1960, the Chicago Cardinals received permission to move to St. Louis....
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