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Nevada approves $2.8M for woman wrongly imprisoned 34 years

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Nevada pays $2.85M to woman wrongly imprisoned for decades

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Reno agrees to settle wrongful conviction lawsuit for $3M

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FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2014, file photo, Cathy Woods appears in Washoe District court in Reno, Nev. County commissioners in Nevada have agreed to a $3 million settlement with Woods, who spent 35 years in prison for a murder she didn't commit before she was exonerated by DNA evidence tied to a crime-scene cigarette butt. The National Registry of Exonerations says Cathy Woods was the longest-ever wrongfully incarcerated woman in U.S. history. The Washoe County Commission approved the settlement Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. (Andy Barron/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, File)

Woman cleared of murder after 35 years in prison gets $3M

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Longest-serving wrongfully convicted woman sues Nevada

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FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2014, file photo, Cathy Woods appears in Washoe District court in Reno, Nev. Nearly three years after Woods, filed a civil suit seeking compensation for spending more than three decades in prison for a murder she didn’t commit, her lawyers say the city of Reno is continuing to do everything it can to delay and deny her justice. (Andy Barron/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, File)

Ex-Nevadan wrongly imprisoned 35 years wins court motion

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FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2014, file photo, Cathy Woods appears in Washoe District court in Reno, Nev. Nearly three years after Woods, filed a civil suit seeking compensation for spending more than three decades in prison for a murder she didn’t commit, her lawyers say the city of Reno is continuing to do everything it can to delay and deny her justice. (Andy Barron/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, File)

Ex-Nevadan wrongly imprisoned accuses Reno of cruelty

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The Latest: Deal urged for NV woman wrongly jailed 35 years

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FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2014, file photo, Cathy Woods appears in Washoe District court in Reno, Nev. Lawyers for Woods, who spent 35 years in prison for a 1976 Reno murder before being exonerated by DNA evidence, are asking a judge to block the city's request for the Nevada Supreme Court to intervene in her civil suit seeking millions of dollars in damages. (Andy Barron /The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, File)

Judge: Settle case of Reno woman wrongly jailed for 35 years

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Woman exonerated of murder allowed to proceed with lawsuit

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New August hearing for 1976 Nevada murder convict

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1976 Reno murder conviction could be reviewed

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