Criminal
Jul. 8, 2025
Jury awards $25 million to man wrongfully convicted of wife's murder
William Richards, wrongfully convicted of wife's murder, wins $25 million from San Bernardino County for faulty investigation policies, including suppressed evidence like third-party hair, after 23 years in prison.
A man who was wrongfully convicted of killing his wife - and spent over two decades behind bars before he was found factually innocent - was awarded more than $25 million by a Los Angeles federal jury in a civil suit he brought against San Bernardino County.
Jurors found in favor of William 'Bill' Richards based on key pieces of suppressed evidence, according to his attorneys' account on Monday, related to an alleged botched handling of a coroner's examination to a...
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