FORT COLLINS - Larimer County commissioners agreed Tuesday morning to pay a $4.1 million to settle Tim Masters' civil rights lawsuit, which alleges he was wrongly imprisoned for the 1987 murder of Peggy Hettrick in Fort Collins.
FORT COLLINS - Larimer County has reached a tentative settlement with Tim Masters, the former Fort Collins man imprisoned for 10 years for a murder he did not commit.
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FORT COLLINS - The special prosecutor appointed to investigate whether one of Fort Collin's top-ranking police officers lied during the prosecution of Tim Masters has asked to re-open the investigation in the "interests of justice." [ more... ]
FORT COLLINS - A federal judge has ruled that Timothy Masters can proceed with portions of his civil rights lawsuit against the prosecutors who presented the murder case against him. [ more... ]
DENVER - Judge Terry Gilmore's attorney is arguing in federal court Tuesday that prosecutors who manufacture evidence can't be held liable because making up evidence doesn't hurt anyone until it's used in court - and prosecutors are entirely immune from liability for actions there. [ more... ]