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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adrian Sainz

Man sues city of Memphis and police officers for wrongful conviction in music club robbery

Music Club Robbery-Exoneration - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A man who spent more than 20 years behind bars before he was exonerated of robbing a Memphis music club is suing the city and 10 police officers, alleging they made up evidence that led to his wrongful conviction and a lengthy prison sentence.

The federal lawsuit filed Thursday by Artis Whitehead, 61, says Memphis Police Department officers fabricated evidence that led to charges of armed robbery and kidnapping in the 2002 robbery of B.B. King's Blues Club on Beale Street.

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