New Haven defends convictions of exonerated men in federal civil trial
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Connecticut authorities defended convictions of Stefon Morant and Scott Lewis in a federal civil trial despite their exoneration. Both men spent nearly 20 years in prison for a 1990 double murder before evidence showed the lead detective coerced witnesses to frame them. Lewis settled a lawsuit against the city for $9.5 million in 2017, and Morant received