Without discussion the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a $14 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by a man who spent more than two decades behind bars following his wrongful conviction for a gang member’s killing in Paramount.
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Alexander Torres — who was found guilty in 2001 of second-degree murder — was released from prison in 2021 after his conviction was vacated. The District Attorney’s Office’s Conviction Integrity Unit later joined with the California Innocence Project in asking a judge to find Torres factually innocent of the killing — a finding made by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William Ryan in April 2022…