A federal jury awarded $25.5 million to a Gary man after finding a now-retired Hammond cop prevented him from having a fair trial more than 40 years ago.
James Hill, now 59, won his civil case Nov. 22 after three hours of deliberations in the U.S. District Court in Hammond. He was given $25 million in compensatory damages and an additional $500,000 in punitive damages, records show.Hill was 17 at the time of his arrest and spent 17.5 years in prison, according to his lawyers. Hill sued the city of Hammond and former Hammond Police Capt. Michael Solan, alleging the police department’s policies and procedures were also to blame.
Hill and Mays had their 1982 convictions set aside after a Lake County magistrate found the state had violated their rights by failing to turn over evidence to their defense attorneys before their trials.
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