Federal Jury Slams Erie County with $80 Million Verdict for Devastating Wrongful Conviction

After nearly a quarter-century behind bars for a crime he did not commit, Darryl Boyd’s tragic saga finally garnered a measure of justice. A federal jury in Buffalo has ordered Erie County to pay an astounding $80 million to Boyd's estate, exposing the catastrophic consequences of prosecutorial misconduct and police malfeasance.How Long Will Government Misconduct Continue to Destroy American Lives?Boyd was one of five Black teenagers convicted for the 1976 murder of William Crawford—a case steeped in coercion, withheld evidence, and blatant constitutional violations. The jury found that Buffalo Police investigators deliberately suppressed over a dozen critical pieces of exculpatory...