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📌 标题：Men wrongly accused of grisly yogurt shop murders in Texas reach $35 million settlement with city
📅 发布时间：Updated May 13, 2026, 7:07 AM ET
📝 英文原文：
AP—The city of Austin will pay $35 million to three men and the family of a fourth who were wrongly accused of the 1991 rape and murder of four teenage girls at ayogurt shop, a case that initially sent one of the men to death row and another to life in prison, under a tentative settlement reached Tuesday.Robert Springsteen, Michael Scott, Forrest Welborn and Maurice Pierce had all insisted they were innocent of one of the city’s most notorious crimes. They were finally declared innocent by a judge in February after investigators determined the crime was committed by a suspect who died in 1999.The settlement must still be approved by the city council at a later date. Details of the payments to the men and their families were not released.“This settlement closes the final chapter of a devastating story in Austin’s history,” Austin City Manager T.C. Broadnax said in a statement. “We are pleased to have reached an agreement with those who were wrongly accused and wrongly convicted in this case and hope that this settlement brings a sense of closure to everyone affected by this horrific event.”Scott and his attorney Tony Diaz said in a joint statement they are hopeful the settlement will help improve investigation practices and safeguards against wrongful convictions.“Discussions and negotiations are ongoing regarding police reforms that would help ensure that nothing like what occurred in this case ever happens again,” they said.Amy Ayers, 13; Eliza Thomas, 17; and sisters Jennifer and Sarah Harbison, ages 17 and 15, were bound, gagged and shot in the head at the “I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt” store where two of them worked. The building was set on fire.Investigators chased thousands of leads and several false confessions before the four men, who were teenagers when the girls were killed, were arrested in late 1999.Related articleAustin Police Cold Case Detective Daniel Jackson, right, is given a pin that says "We Will Not Forget" by Bob Ayers, father of victim Amy Ayers
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🇨🇳 中文翻译：
美联社——根据周二达成的初步和解协议，奥斯汀市将向三名男子和第四名男子的家人支付 3500 万美元，这三名男子和第四名男子的家人被错误地指控为 1991 年在酸奶店强奸和谋杀了四名少女，该案最初将其中一名男子判处死囚，另一名男子判处终身监禁。周二达成的暂定和解。罗伯特·斯普林斯汀、迈克尔·斯科特、福雷斯特·韦尔伯恩和莫里斯·皮尔斯都坚称他们对这座城市最臭名昭著的罪行之一是无辜的。他们最终被法官宣布无罪
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