Latino Man freed after 14 years on Nevada death row settles suit for $5 million

• Argued that rights were violated because whites receive better legal help than Minorities.

 A man freed after spending 14 years on Nevada's death row for a murder that he always said he did not commit has settled a lawsuit for $5 million, attorneys announced Tuesday. Roberto Miranda claimed an inexperienced public defender did not do enough to help him avoid conviction and a death sentence in 1982. He was freed in 1996, after a judge found that the trial attorney had committed glaring errors. Miranda, a native Cuban, also claimed that his civil rights were violated because whites received better legal help than minorities. [more]