Man With Developmental Disabilities Settles Wrongful Conviction Suit for $11.7 Million
A man with developmental disabilities who spent more than 16 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of murder has reached a settlement of $11,725,000 with the city of Elkhart, Ind., his lawyers said on Friday. The man, Andrew Royer, said that when he first learned of the settlement he “went numb.” “I’m a brand-new…