NEW YORK (WPIX)—
The City of New York has agreed to pay an autistic man $340,000 after he spent a year in jail for a crime he didn't commit.31-year-old Ozem Goldwire, of Brooklyn, was sent to jail on charges that he murdered his sister in 2006. His lawyers said authorities pressured him into making a false confession.
The lawsuit alleges detectives screamed, cursed and shoved Goldwire. In addition, authorities allegedly accused him of having sex with his sister, whose murder remains unsolved.
In the settlement, New York police detectives Nancy Malota, Christopher Scandole or Matthew Collin do no admit any wrong doing. However, Goldwire claims the detectives harshly interrogated him for 21 hours in connection with the murder of his sister and told him he wouldn't be released until he confessed to the crime.
Prosecutors ultimately decided Goldwire was innocent and let him go after he served a one-year prison term.
The judge presiding over the case described the circumstances as "the perfect storm for false confession."
