EPIC KCPD Settlement: 14 MILLION BUCKS For Ricky Kidd

Right out of your 1% earnings tax, into the general fund . . . And then paid out by way of a courthouse decision . . . Here's Friday, payday notice . . .

Attorneys representing Kidd announced Friday they had reached a $14 million settlement in the lawsuit against the Kansas City, Missouri, Board of Police Commissioners.

Kidd was initially convicted of a 1996 double homicide. He was exonerated in 2019.

“This $14 million settlement speaks unequivocally to Mr. Kidd’s innocence, and to his unwavering perseverance, dignity, and strength in the face of tremendous suffering during 23 years of wrongful imprisonment,” Kidd’s attorney Amelia Green said in a statement Friday.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

KCPD, Ricky Kidd reach $14M settlement in wrongful conviction lawsuit

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