Louisville Police Department

LOUISVILLE, KY: (Feb-08-07) William Gregory filed claims against the city that he was falsely arrested by officers in the Louisville Police Department, causing him to endure years of degradation behind bars. Gregory was convicted in 1993 of raping one woman and attempting to rape another. He was freed in 2000 after DNA tests showed that seven hairs found in a stocking mask used by the rapist could not have been his, making him the first Kentuckian exonerated through DNA. The county attorney's office affirmed that the settlement amount was fixed at $3.9 million dollars. In November 2006, the state of Kentucky also paid him $700,000 to settle his claims against a state forensic examiner who testified against him. [WHAS 11 NEWS: DNA RELEASE]

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