Wrongful Conviction
We help wrongfully convicted people prove their innocence and seek compensation.
Being convicted of a crime that you did not commit is one of the greatest injustices imaginable. KLLF is dedicated to vindicating people who have been wrongfully convicted by working to vacate their convictions and obtain significant monetary damages to help clients rebuild their lives. Our experience in this area includes bringing motions to vacate unjust convictions in New York courts, as well as litigating civil rights lawsuits against the people responsible for framing our clients. Our lawyers’ work on behalf of wrongfully convicted people has included:
Representing three men who were wrongfully convicted of murder in the 1990s, obtaining over $30 million in settlements.
Filing a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of Ricky Birch against the Town of New Milford and several Town and State police officials alleging that police misconduct caused their wrongful convictions for the 1985 murder of Everett Carr.
Successfully obtaining an order for DNA testing from a crime committed over 20 years ago, which excluded our client.
Helping to recover $3 million in damages for a man who was wrongfully convicted of murder.
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