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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Shweta Sharma

Man falsely jailed for 16 years over rape of writer Alice Sebold to get $5.5m compensation

AP

A man who spent 16 years in jail after he was wrongfully convicted of raping writer Alice Sebold in 1981 will be paid $5.5m by New York state in a settlement, his lawyers said.

The settlement would end a decades-old lawsuit against Anthony Broadwater, 62, whose conviction for raping the author was overturned in 2021 in an emotional court hearing where he broke down.

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