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U.S. NEWS Monday 25 February 2019

California man cleared after

40 years in prison gets $21M

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) ey can make up for what The city's police chief and
— The city of Simi Valley, happened to Mr. Coley, Ventura County's district
California, has reached a settling this case is the right attorney asked Brown to
$21 million settlement with thing to do for Mr. Coley pardon him because fo-
a man wrongly imprisoned and our community," City rensic tests showed Coley's
for nearly 40 years in the kill- Manager Eric Levitt said in DNA was not on the vic-
ing of his girlfriend and her a statement. The city will tim's bedsheet, which con-
4-year-old son. pay about $4.9 million and tained DNA from an un-
Craig Coley was released the rest is expected to be known man. Coley had an
in 2017 after he was par- paid by insurance and oth- alibi for the time of the slay- In this Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 file photo, Craig Coley talks with
doned by then-Gov. Jerry er sources. ings and investigators later reporters in Sacramento, Calif.
Brown, who said DNA evi- The state last year ap- disproved testimony from Associated Press
dence and re-investigation proved a separate, nearly an eyewitness who placed
proved Coley's innocence. $2 million payment for Col- him at the scene. sure and vindication for his future, with the security he
Simi Valley officials said Sat- ey. He is now 71. His parents died while he client, though no amount deserves," Kaye said.
urday that the agreement Coley spent 39 years be- was in prison after mort- of money can compensate Soon after Coley was par-
would mitigate long, costly hind bars after he was gaging their home to pay him for the life he missed doned, a judge declared
and unnecessary legal pro- wrongly convicted of killing his legal bills. while imprisoned. him factually innocent. Simi
ceedings, the Los Angeles 24-year-old Rhonda Wicht Ron Kaye, an attorney rep- "He now can live the rest Valley police have not ar-
Times reported. of Simi Valley and her son resenting Coley, said the of his life, which we hope rested anyone else in the
"While no amount of mon- in 1978. settlement offers some clo- will be really well into the killings.q

Sheriff: 1 body recovered from Texas cargo plane crash site

ANAHUAC, Texas (AP) — "probably a crash that no- pieces but nothing bigger erations at Amazon, said: at Atlas Air during this ter-
Search and recovery crews body would survive." than you can hold in your "Our thoughts and prayers rible tragedy. We appreci-
have recovered one body The search resumed Sun- hands." are with the flight crew, ate the first responders who
and the search continued day for the remaining two The jumbo jet had depart- their families and friends worked urgently to provide
Sunday for two more at crew members and the all- ed from Miami and was along with the entire team support."q
the site where a Boeing 767 important "black box" flight likely moments from land-
cargo plane crashed into a recorder that could offer ing at Bush Intercontinental
coastal bay near Houston clues to what caused the Airport in Houston when wit-
with three people aboard. crash. Civilian volunteers nesses said it crashed nose-
The Chambers County mobilized small boats to first into the bay about 35
Sheriff's Office said on help with the search of the miles (55 kilometers) east of
Facebook that the body northern tip of Trinity Bay Houston.
was recovered late Satur- called Jack's Pocket. Dave Clark, senior vice
day from Trinity Bay, just off Jason Campbell and two president of Worldwide Op-
the waterfront of the small other Anahuac boat me-
town of Anahuac. Three chanics were among
crew members were on the civilian boaters who
board Atlas Air flight 3591, checked debris for any
being operated for Ama- identification or cellphones
zon, when it crashed Satur- on Saturday. What they
day afternoon. found was grim.
Chambers County Sheriff "Pieces of bodies, nothing
Brian Hawthorne said Sat- bigger than ... you know,"
urday that the plane "went Campbell told KHOU-TV
in nose first " and that it was . "It's obvious it's human