25/09/2025
Maurice Hastings, who spent 38 years behind bars, was awarded $25 million in what his lawyers called the largest wrongful conviction settlement in state history.
Hastings, 72, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole in connection with the 1983 sexual assault and murder of a woman in Inglewood. In 2023, a judge ruled that Hastings was "factually innocent," which means the evidence proves conclusively that Hastings did not commit the crime. https://abc7.com/17873244/
