Alders Weigh Bonding For Carmon Settlement

Alders Weigh Bonding For Carmon Settlement

The Board of Alders Finance Committee advanced a $17.5 million bonding proposal to fund a settlement for the wrongful conviction of Adam Carmon, after debating how the city should obtain the money for that settlement and a growing number of others like it. City Controller Michael Gormany and Acting Budget Director Ron Gizzi presented the bonding plan before the committee on Monday night. Carmon, who spent 28 years in prison before his murder con…

New Haven $17.5M Bond for Carmon Settlement

New Haven's Board of Alders Finance Committee unanimously backed a proposal Monday to authorize up to $17.5 million in bonds to help cover a $16.5 million settlement with Adam Carmon, a New Haven man who spent nearly three decades in prison before a judge overturned his murder conviction. The vote sends the bonding request to the full Board of Alders for a final decision in the coming weeks, marking the third wrongful-conviction settlement the c…