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Maurice Pierce
Coverage of Maurice Pierce in the Nexus archive.
- Exonerated man's widow calls settlement in yogurt shop murders "blood money"
The city of Austin agreed to a multimillion-dollar settlement split among four men, including the widow and daughter of Maurice Pierce, who were wrongfully accused of murdering four teenage girls in a Texas yogurt shop. The settlement has been criticized as 'blood money' by the exonerated man's widow.