The Supreme Court decided against hearing the wrongful conviction lawsuit of a Wisconsin man who spent 24 years behind bars for two rapes he did not commit.
The Court denied the petition of Daryl Holloway on April 3 in an unsigned order without explaining why. No justices dissented. A petition is granted and oral arguments are scheduled if at least four of the nine justices vote to move the case forward.
Holloway sued the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and local police in 2019, saying his civil rights were violated by police detectives he claims framed him for the crimes.
Holloway, a black man, was convicted of sexually assaulting two white women. In September 1993, when he was 25 years old, he was sentenced to 120 years in prison for the rapes and burglary….