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San Francisco To Pay $13.1 Million To Man Framed By Police For Murder

Jamal Trulove spent more than six years in prison before being acquitted in 2015. A jury found police deliberately fabricated evidence and withheld exculpatory material.
Jamal Trulove attends <em>The Last Black Man In San Francisco</em> premiere during the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, in January.

San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to approve a $13.1 million settlement for a man framed by police for murder.

Jamal Trulove spent more than six years in prison for a 2007 murder before being acquitted

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