Man sentenced to 60 years over 'faulty DNA evidence' sues city of Austin

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A man convicted of aggravated assault and sentenced to 60 years in prison, who later had his conviction overturned because of "invalid DNA evidence", filed a lawsuit this week against the city of Austin.

The lawsuit is a "civil rights action...arising from several problems that ultimately caused Plaintiff to be convicted of aggravated assault—and sentenced to 60 years, of which he served more than 10—based on invalid DNA evidence. This use of invalid evidence was in turn due to serious...