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A New York City man has been released from prison after nearly 30 years. Mark Denny was falsely convicted of rape and robbery agreed to a settlement of $9.75 million approved by the Comptroller Scott Stringer Denny alleged he was framed by officers for a crime he didn’t commit, according to records obtained by The NY Post.

Earlier this week, Denny gave up his rights to sue or hold the city liable in exchange for the settlement.

“It was in the best interest of the city to settle pre-litigation,” Stringer spokeswoman Hazel Crampton-Hays told the news outlet. Denny was convicted of robbing a Brooklyn Burger King, along with three other locations back in 1987 when he was a teenager. Denny was also accused of raping an 18-year-old female employee. Denny maintained his innocence however, was convicted and sentenced up to 57 years in prison in 1989.

The Innocence Project, who helped the now exonerated Central Park Five prove their own innocence, took Denny’s case after he argued he was “targeted and framed” by dozens of NYPD detectives. The Kings County district attorney’s Conviction Review Unit discovered Denny wasn’t on the scene that night. He was freed December 2017.

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