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Judge calls it "one of the most shocking things I've seen on video, and I've seen a lot."

Former Elkhart officer Cory Newland was sentenced last week. The term runs for 15 months, though Newland will only spend three of them in prison.

Cory Newland was charged after the South Bend Tribune and ProPublica obtained a video showing two officers retaliating at a suspect who spat at them.

Cory Newland admitted last week in federal court that he violated Mario Ledesmans civil rights in 2018.

ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.

Chicago native Keith Cooper, spent 7 years wrongfully imprisoned. Now, the city of Elkhart writes him a $7.5 million check – the largest in state history.

The city of Elkhart has agreed to settle a wrongful conviction lawsuit for $7.5 million dollars — the state’s largest wrongful conviction settlement so far.

Indiana’s first man to be pardoned based on innocence was tried in Elkhart County. But that troubling case doesn’t stand alone. In a county known for cranking out RVs, there’s a deeper story about how justice is carried out by police, prosecutors and judges.

The settlement marks an end to a years-long legal odyssey for the Chicago man, who moved to Indiana in search of a better life.

The $7.5 million is the most money award to a plaintiff in a wrongful conviction suit in Indiana.