El Paso City Council Approves Consultants for Civil Rights Suit Over Wrongful Conviction
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El Paso City Council approved hiring consultants to assist with Daniel Villegas' civil rights lawsuit against the city and police officers. Villegas was wrongfully convicted of capital murder in 1995, overturned in 2013, and acquitted in 2018 after over 20 years in prison. The 2015 lawsuit alleges police misconduct leading to wrongful conviction.