Two men wrongfully convicted of murder in Montana over 20 years ago are now suing the police officers whose misconduct landed them behind bars and kept them there. Plaintiffs Paul Jenkins and Fred Lawrence were wrongfully convicted of murder in 1994 and given life sentences. Both of their life sentences were overturned in 2018. They blame their convictions on police that fabricated evidence in 1994 and other officials that disregarded new evidence years later that would have gotten the convictions overturned decades ago.
The defendants are as follows:
Montana Department of Justice
Jefferson County
Lewis and Clark County
Ravalli County
Tom Dawson
Tim Campbell
Jay Carlson
Chuck O'Reilly
Sam McCormack
Sterling Maus
Judy Stansbury
Reed Scott