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Man, city near deal in rights lawsuit

Judge threw out conviction after 30 years in jail

Laurence M. Adams hugged relatives after he was freed in 2004. He was sentenced to die in the electric chair in 1974. Laurence M. Adams hugged relatives after he was freed in 2004. He was sentenced to die in the electric chair in 1974. (Jim Davis/ Globe Staff/ File 2004)
By Jonathan Saltzman
Globe Staff / November 26, 2009

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Laurence M. Adams, who served 30 years in prison before a judge threw out his conviction and was one of the last men sentenced to death in Massachusetts, has tentatively settled his federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Boston out of court, lawyers for both sides said yesterday. (Full article: 706 words)

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