A Paramount man who spent 20 years behind bars for a wrongful murder conviction was awarded $14 million by Los Angeles County on Tuesday.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the millions from the budgets of the Sheriff’s Department and the District Attorney’s Office to settle the wrongful conviction lawsuit of Alexander Torres.
Torres was arrested in 2001 for the Paramount shooting death of a rival gang member. The 20-year-old was convicted of second-degree murder six months later and was sentenced to 40 years to life in state prison…