Rosa is suing for the maximum $1 million allowed under state law, a cap which some exonerees are calling on state lawmakers to raise.
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After prosecutors announced that a Chelsea man who spent more than three decades in prison and was granted a new trial would not be retried, he is suing the state for the maximum $1 million.
Thomas Rosa, who has always maintained his innocence, was convicted of murder, kidnapping, and aggravated sexual assault related to the 1985 murder of 18-year-old Gwendolyn Taylor in Dorchester. He spent 34 years in prison…