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1 of 6 wrongly convicted seeks to garnish wages of officials

gage-county-sheriffBEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — One of six people wrongly convicted of murder and awarded more than $28 million has asked authorities to garnish the wages and seize property of two law enforcement officials who helped convict him.

James Dean, one of the so-called Beatrice Six, filed a request late last week asking that the wages of Gage County Reserve Deputy Wayne Price and former Deputy Berdette Searcey be garnished. Dean also asked the U.S. Marshals Service to seize property from them.

A federal jury in July awarded $28.1 million to Dean and five others wrongly convicted of and imprisoned for the 1985 killing of Helen Wilson, of Beatrice.

Dean’s share of the award is $2.7 million.

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