Martin Tankleff, who spent more than 17 years in prison before his convictions for murdering his parents were vacated, settled his unjust conviction and imprisonment lawsuit against New York State for $3,375,000.
The settlement between Tankleff’s attorneys and the state Attorney General’s Office was announced Tuesday, averting a trial in the Court of Claims that had been scheduled to start on Jan. 6. Instead, a stipulation of settlement and discontinuance in Tankleff v. State of New York, 118655, was signed on that day.
