A Milwaukee man is seeking $12 million from the city for the dozen years he was incarcerated for a 2008 homicide before his conviction was vacated last year.
Ladarius Marshall was 16 when he was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court in the fatal shooting of Lavare Gould, 19, in the 2600 block of North 37th Street. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison followed by 10 years of extended supervision.
He is seeking $1 million for each year he was held.
Marshall was wrongfully convicted after Milwaukee police pressured him to confess to the homicide, including by ignoring his invocation of his constitutional right to remain silent and falsely telling him that his grandmother would not verify his alibi, according to a notice of claim Marshall s attorney filed with the city. The notice is usually the precursor to a lawsuit filed against a local government.