Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Alan Swanson arrive for a news conference and public apology to Swanson and Willie Bennett at Boston City Hall on December 20, 2023. Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe/Getty Images/File Boston AP —

Two Black men wrongly accused of killing a pregnant White woman in a high-profile case in Boston in 1989 have received a $150,000 settlement from the city, two years after the mayor issued a formal apology.

Alan Swanson and Willie Bennett were wrongly named as suspects in the death of Carol Stuart. Her husband said the couple was shot during an attempted carjacking by a Black gunman.

Bennett will receive $100,000 from the settlement and Swanson $50,000, city officials said Tuesday.

Charles Stuart had instead orchestrated the killing of his wife as they le

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