A Philadelphia jury has awarded $10 million to a man who spent more than three years in jail after allegedly being falsely accused of shooting at a police officer.

On Thursday, after a three-day trial before Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Sean Kennedy, the 12-member jury presiding in Boozer v. Waltman awarded Khanefah Boozer $5 million in compensatory damages, as well as $5 million in punitive damages on wrongful arrest, imprisonment and prosecution claims.

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