Associated Press
NEW YORK — A man who spent nearly 22 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of killing his mother, sister and a friend has sued New York City.
Antonio Yarbough and co-defendant Sharrif Wilson were cleared by DNA evidence and released last year. Wilson died in January.
The New York Times reports that Yarbough filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court. The suit doesn’t ask for a specific amount.
The lawsuit says the then-18-year-old Yarbough came home in 1992 to find his mom, his 12-year-old sister and his sister’s friend “tied up, stabbed and garroted with electrical cords.”
The lawsuit says police coerced Wilson into a videotaped confession and had Yarbough sign his name to a written statement.
The city’s Law Department said it will review the lawsuit.