Settlement reached in infamous “Norfolk 4” case
Posted Dec 3, 2018 06:51:33 PM.
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RICHMOND, Va. — The city of Norfolk has agreed to pay $4.9 million to four former sailors who were wrongly convicted of rape and murder based on intimidating police interrogations. A copy of the settlement agreement for the “Norfolk Four” was obtained by The Associated Press.
The state had earlier agreed to pay $3.5 million.
Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe pardoned the men last year of the 1997 rape and killing of Michelle Moore-Bosko. Their case drew widespread attention when their innocence claims were backed by dozens of former FBI agents, ex-prosecutors and crime novelist John Grisham.
DNA evidence later linked another man, Omar Ballard, to the crimes. He acknowledged that he was solely responsible and is serving a life sentence.
Alan Suderman And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press
