Woman exonerated after two decades in prison talks about lawsuit settlement

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — She was convicted of murdering her husband in 2001, but new DNA evidence led to her conviction being overturned in 2020 after twenty years in prison.

In February 2000, Jane Dorotik reported her husband, Robert, missing after he went out for a jog. His body was found bludgeoned in a wooded area near their Valley Center.

Dorotik was arrested and convicted in 2001 of killing her husband. Prosecutors at the time said she killed him because she would have to pay him 40% of her income in case of a divorce…

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