Kirsten Lobato secures $29.5 million settlement after 16 years of wrongful imprisonment

Kirsten Lobato received a $29.5 million settlement after being framed and jailed in Las Vegas.

Police arrested Lobato for murder when she was 18 years old.

She spent nearly 16 years in prison after officers fabricated evidence in the case.

The Independent reported that the civil settlement resolves the wrongful imprisonment.

For families and observers following wrongful conviction civil cases in the U.S. justice system, the settlement resolves nearly 16 years of wrongful incarceration stemming from fabricated evidence.