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Thomas Rhodes filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Minnesota on Friday, a year to the day after he was freed from prison
“I have gained my freedom,” he said Tuesday. “I now look forward to justice.”
A Minnesota man who was freed last year after nearly 25 years in prison for the death of his wife is suing a former medical examiner and other authorities, accusing them of fabricating and withholding evidence, leading to a wrongful conviction. Thomas Rhodes, 64, filed suit in federal court, naming former Ramsey County Medical Examiner Michael McGee and others, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Wednesday. Rhodes was convicted of first- and second-degree murder in his wife’s death, which occurred during a boat ride on Green Lake in Spicer, Minnesota, in 1996.
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Thomas Rhodes, 64, is suing a former Twin Cities-area coroner and several others over his wrongful homicide conviction for his wife's 1996 death on Green Lake.