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    Which Way, L.A.?

    The City of LA Pays Millions to Wrongfully Convicted Men

    The LA City Council has agreed to pay $24 million to settle lawsuits by two men whose wrongful convictions for murder cost them years of their lives in prison. In a memo obtained by the LA Times, the City Attorney’s office called one case "extremely dangerous" and said the other was even "more problematic."

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    By Warren Olney • Jan 20, 2016 • 8m Listen

    The LA City Council has agreed to pay $24 million to settle lawsuits by two men whose wrongful convictions for murder cost them years of their lives in prison. In a memo obtained by the LA Times, the City Attorney’s office called one case "extremely dangerous" and said the other was even "more problematic." Matt Lait is City Editor of the Times and a long-time police and investigative reporter.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Paul von Zielbauer

      Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times

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      Christine Detz

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Matt Lait

      Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

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      Steve Soboroff

      Los Angeles Police Commission

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    1. 0:30The City of LA Pays Millions to Wrongfully Convicted MenYou’re reading this
    2. 9:44California Republicans on the Verge of Irrelevancy
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