Woman Wrongfully Imprisoned for 16 Years Awarded $34 Million

Kirstin Blaise Lobato, falsely convicted of murder at 18, receives compensation after evidence of police misconduct surfaces.

Kirstin Blaise Lobato was wrongfully convicted in 2001 for the murder of Duran Bailey, a homeless man in Las Vegas, despite no physical evidence linking her to the crime.
The case against Lobato was built on falsified evidence and misinterpreted statements by two police officers, later revealed to be intentional misconduct.
After spending nearly 16 years in prison, Lobato was exonerated in 2017 with the help of the Innocence Project, which proved she was 150 miles away at the time of the murder.
A jury has now awarded Lobato over $34 million in compensation, with additional penalties of $10,000 each imposed on the two retired officers involved in the case.
Lobato expressed relief at the verdict but uncertainty about rebuilding her life after years of wrongful imprisonment.