Victor Rosario, a 65-year-old man, was framed by the U.S. police for arson and murder in 1982 and sentenced to 32 years in prison. In 2017, he finally overturned his case and regained his innocence. Recently, he was awarded $13 million in compensation.

The picture shows Rosario posing with a photo of himself at the age of 24 outside the courthouse.

(Associated Press)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] Victor Rosario, a 65-year-old man from Puerto Rico, was framed by the police in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. He set fire to a building in 1982 and killed 8 people. He served 32 years in prison. Acquitted by the State Supreme Court.

He filed a lawsuit against the city of Lowell in 2019 to seek compensation for his unjust imprisonment, and recently finally won a compensation of US$13 million (approximately NT$390 million), setting a record for compensation in the New England region of the United States.

According to comprehensive foreign media reports, Lowell police arrested Rosario, then 24, in November 1982, accusing him of setting fire to an apartment that killed eight people, including five children.

Rosario was sentenced to 32 years in prison and was released in 2014. During this period, he never gave up the lawsuit. In 2017, the state Supreme Court overturned the previous judgment and declared him not guilty.

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In 2019, Rosario filed a lawsuit against the city of Lowell. Finally, on the 3rd of this month, a federal court in Boston ruled that the city of Lowell should compensate him 13 million U.S. dollars. Xia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Vermont) have the largest award.

Rosario's attorney, Mark Loevy-Reyes, said that when the fire broke out that year, Rosario rushed to the scene to help people trapped in his burning apartment, but authorities stopped him within hours of the fire. He was arrested on suspicion of arson and murder.

Although there was no evidence that he was the culprit, authorities fabricated and destroyed evidence to speed up the case.

Rosario took a photo with his 24-year-old photo outside the court on the afternoon of the 3rd local time, and said, "Today this chapter ends, and my new life begins." After being released from prison in 2014, Rosario devoted himself to To help people like him who were wrongly imprisoned and help them reintegrate into society from prison.