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| U.S. to pay $2 million to lawyer |
| By The New York Times |
| Published: 11/30/2006 |
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WASHINGTON - The federal government agreed to pay $2 million Wednesday to an Oregon lawyer wrongly jailed in connection with the 2004 terrorist bombings in Madrid, and it issued a formal apology to him and his family. The unusual settlement caps a two-and-a-half-year ordeal that saw the lawyer, Brandon Mayfield, go from being a suspected terrorist operative to a symbol, in the eyes of his supporters, of government overzealousness in the war on terrorism. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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