Tiffany Washington was working in the university library when she was arrested in 2007 in a robbery. She didn’t file her malicious prosecution suit until February 2010, nearly two years after the charges against her were dropped. Washington’s case was one of
Highlights
- Tiffany Washington was arrested in 2007 in a robbery at the University of Louisville.
- She didn’t file her malicious prosecution suit until February 2010, nearly two years after the charges against her were dropped.
- She was able to produce phone records and eyewitness testimony showing she was 130 miles away in Henderson County, celebrating Christmas with her family, on the night of the crime.
- Washington spent five days in jail before her $50,000 cash bond was reduced to an amount she could afford.
- A jury awarded her $2 million in compensatory damages and $250,000 in punitive damages.
- The Kentucky Court of Appeals overturned the $2.25 million jury award on Friday.