LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – A U.S. District Court jury unanimously decided to award Kirstin Blaise Lobato $34 million in a lawsuit against Las Vegas Metro Police.
According to court documents, Duran Bailey was murdered on July 8 2001. Lobato was arrested when she was 18-years-old and wrongfully convicted for the murder.
In 2006 Lobato was sentenced 13 to 35 years in prison.
In 2017 a Nevada Supreme Court judge ordered charges to be dropped and Lobato to be released from prison.
She was released from prison in 2018, when she was 35.
23 years after being wrongfully convicted, on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024 Lobato’s lawsuit came to a close.
She is expected to receive a payout from LVMPD as well as punitive damages covered by Detective Thomas Thowsen and Jamie LaRochelle in $10 thousand each.
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