Christopher Parish v. City of Elkha

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• observing that an average jury award for wrongful conviction is nearly $950,000 per year with a median of nearly $790,000 per year
• “This appeal concerns a civil action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by Christopher Parish seeking damages for his wrongful conviction based on a violation of the Due Process Clause.”
• “Because the district court’s rulings improperly limited the introduction of 25 evidence relating to Parish’s innocence, and that evidence was critical to the damages issue, the 26 award of damages cannot stand.”
• district court erred in refusing to allow plaintiff to present evidence that he was not guilty of the underlying offense, while “effectively stack[ing]” the deck against him by simultaneously allowing the defendant to present significant evidence of his guilt

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