A man who was wrongfully convicted of raping writer Alice Sebold has settled a lawsuit against New York state for $5.5 million, his lawyers said.

A man wrongfully convicted of raping writer Alice Sebold when she was a Syracuse University student has settled a lawsuit against New York state.

New York State has agreed to pay $5.5 million to a man who spent 16 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of raping the author Alice Sebold when she was a college student in Syracuse, N.Y.

Syracuse, NY -- A Syracuse man exonerated last fall after enduring 16 years in prison for the rape of Alice Sebold now faces another years-long battle to collect damages for the wrongful ...

Lineup photo For her part, Sebold recently published an apology, writing: "I will remain sorry for the rest of my life that while pursuing justice through the legal system, my own misfortune ...

Alice Sebold was to be portrayed as the heroine in a film based on her memoir, 'Lucky,' until the man she identified as her rapist 40 years ago was recently declared innocent. Now, a different ...

The uncanniness of rereading Lucky now that the man Alice Sebold identified as her rapist has been exonerated.

Last week Anthony Broadwater was exonerated for the rape of author Alice Sebold, a case that has exposed inequities in the criminal justice system.

Sebold apologized to the man exonerated in her 1981 rape, saying there was no debate over judicial injustice back then. A contemporary begs to differ.

Innocence Best-Selling Author Alice Sebold Apologizes to Innocent Man Who Served 16 Years for Her Rape Her publisher will stop distributing her memoir Lucky, which detailed the attack and aftermath.

The publishers for Alice Sebold’s memoir, "Lucky," have pulled the title from shelves after a man was exonerated last week of the 1981 rape that was the basis for her book, Fox News has confirmed.