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Man falsely convicted of murder to be paid
$8.5 million
Posted: Oot 06, 2012 11:12AM EDT
Updated: Oct 09, 2012 11:24 PM EDT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville Metro Government will pay $8.5 million to a man
wrongfully convicted of murder. Edwin Chandler spent nine years in prison for the crime he
did not commit.
Chandler sat with family and his attorney Friday afternoon, one day after the remaining
Parties in his federal lawsuit agreed to the settlement.
"It is a relief, because | am able to close one door to open another," Chandler said.
Ajury originally had convicted him of shooting and killing convenience store worker Brenda
Whitfield during a robbery in 1993. Chandler's been free since 2009, after a Metro Police
review of the case matched a fingerprint to another man.
It also revealed evidence that a Louisville Police Department detective coerced a confession
and mishandled, concealed, or destroyed evidence that could have proven his innocence.
Chandler said Friday, "I think this case was compounded by a specific officer, but | believe
that the police department as a whole should look at this area of policy and procedure with
their training methods with their officers.”
Edwin Chandler lives in Louisville. He now has a job and a fiancee.
The county attorney's office says the $8.5 million will be paid from a combination of city
money and insurance
Chandler says he'll use it to support his family and start a foundation to help other former
inmates adjust to life outside of prison.
The man now charged with the crime, Percy Phillips, awaits trial and has a court hearing
next week.
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