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Connecticut to award $5.9 million to family of wrongfully imprisoned disabled man

Jan. 24, 2025 17:59 PM EST

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — More than four years after his death, Richard Lapointe's family is set to receive a nearly $5.9 million award from Connecticut for his wrongful, quarter-century imprisonment that ended in 2015 when his murder conviction was overturned in the rape and killing of his wife's...