wildcard
1st August 2010, 10:29 AM
Tim Masters has served nine years of a life sentence after his 1998 arrest in Peggy Hettrick's murder
Full story at link:
http://www.policeone.com/legal/articles/2184080-Colo-murder-conviction-built-on-cops-lies-indictment-says/
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The accuser will stand accused Friday as a Colorado detective answers charges he lied in the case that wrongfully sent Tim Masters to prison.
Masters, who served nine years of a life sentence after his 1998 arrest in Peggy Hettrick's murder, said he hopes Fort Collins, Colorado, and Larimer County will finally acknowledge he was railroaded.
The city and county have paid Masters a combined $10 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit related to the conviction, but they painted the payouts as business decisions rather than reparations.
Full story at link:
http://www.policeone.com/legal/articles/2184080-Colo-murder-conviction-built-on-cops-lies-indictment-says/
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The accuser will stand accused Friday as a Colorado detective answers charges he lied in the case that wrongfully sent Tim Masters to prison.
Masters, who served nine years of a life sentence after his 1998 arrest in Peggy Hettrick's murder, said he hopes Fort Collins, Colorado, and Larimer County will finally acknowledge he was railroaded.
The city and county have paid Masters a combined $10 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit related to the conviction, but they painted the payouts as business decisions rather than reparations.