The city of Louisville will pay a wrongfully convicted woman $2.9 million as part of a settlement.
After spending 20 years maintaining her innocence in a homicide case, a Black woman has finally been vindicated with a $2.9 million settlement from the city of Louisville, Kentucky, for her wrongful conviction.
Louisville Metro Government settled a lawsuit with Johnetta Carr last month for her claims of being wrongfully convicted of her ex-boyfriend’s murder, for which she spent years in prison and on parole, Courier Journal reported. As part of the settlement, the city requires Carr to drop all claims related to the lawsuit, while Louisville Metro denies any liability or fault in the case…