Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this April 10, 2015, file photo, Richard Lapointe, center, raises his arms with Kate Germond, left, and Paul Casteleiro, ...

More than two decades after his conviction for the 1987 murder of his ex-wife's grandmother, Richard Lapointe walked out of court free on bond wearing a shirt that said, "I didn't do it." Lapointe, 69 ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (Reuters) - A judge on Friday ordered the release of a 69-year-old mentally disabled Connecticut man who has been imprisoned for a quarter century for rape and murder based on a ...

Connecticut is set to pay nearly $5.9 million to the family of a disabled man who was wrongly imprisoned for more than two decades before he was freed in 2015 when his 1992 conviction in the murder ...

HARTFORD, Conn. — A mentally disabled Connecticut man who spent a quarter century in prison for rape and murder was freed on Friday after a court found his confession was questionable and he had been ...

The victim's family alleged that DOC staff was aware of his mental illness and physical condition. Credit: Illustration/ rawpixel public domain In 1989, at age 43, Richard LaPointe was wrongfully ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — More than four years after his death, Richard Lapointe's family is set to receive a nearly $5.9 million award from Connecticut for his wrongful, quarter-century imprisonment ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — More than four years after his death, Richard Lapointe’s family is set to receive a nearly $5.9 million award from Connecticut for his wrongful, quarter-century imprisonment ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut is set to award $5.9 million to the family of a disabled man who served a quarter century in prison before his murder conviction was overturned. The state claims ...