Albany man pursues wrongful conviction lawsuit against city

The city of Albany faces a new wrongful conviction lawsuit from a man who spent more than two decades behind bars on a murder charge.

Attorneys for Sherrod Craft say Albany Police detectives in his case fabricated evidence against him and obtained false statements in the 2001 fatal shooting of Shakira Chambers.

Craft spent 24 years in prison before a judge vacated his conviction in 2025…

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