A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a Houston rapper against two homicide detectives and the city, alleging a shoddy investigation led to him being jailed for four years on a murder charge that was later dismissed.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Peter Bray granted the defendants’ motions to dismiss, finding attorneys for 34-year-old Jeffery Archangel didn’t provide enough evidence that the detectives were unreasonable or that the city was liable for the case to continue.
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