Innocent man gets $25 million for wrongful conviction in Inglewood abduction, murderLOS ANGELES -- An innocent man who spent 38 years behind bars in California was awarded $25 million in what his lawyers called the largest wrongful conviction settlement in state history. The lawsuit accused two Inglewood Police Department officers and the Los Angeles District Attorney investigator at the time of framing Hastings. Hastings sought DNA testing of that evidence in 2000, but at that time, the DA's office denied the request. In 2022, when he was 69, Hastings conviction was vacated at the request of prosecutors and his lawyers. In 2023, a California judge ruled that Hastings was "factually innocent," which means the evidence proves conclusively that Hastings did not commit the crime.