FILE - In this April 10, 2015, file photo, Richard Lapointe, center, raises his arms with Kate Germond, left, and Paul Casteleiro, both of Centurion Ministries, after he was granted bail and ...

“The award is by no means adequate compensation for what was done to Richard Lapointe,” his attorney, Paul Casteleiro, said Friday. He said the state destroyed his life “for a crime he did ...

HARTFORD, Conn. — More than four years after his death, Richard Lapointe's family is set to receive a nearly $5.9 million award from Connecticut for his wrongful, quarter-century imprisonment ...

“The award is by no means adequate compensation for what was done to Richard Lapointe,” his attorney, Paul Casteleiro, said Friday. He said the state destroyed his life “for a crime he did ...