Stanislaus

Bin, a former member of the Crips with Attitude gang, was sentenced to 40 years to life in 2008 after he was convicted in Stanislaus County of shooting at the home of a rival gang member during a barbecue, injuring a bystander.

She said she would like to see criminal charges brought against former Stanislaus County Dist.

Doug Maner, a former Stanislaus County prosecutor and frequent critic of the district attorney’s office, said the prosecution was “the most horrible abuse of justice” and that the size of the settlement suggested a realistic fear that jurors might deliver a much larger penalty had the case gone to trial.

Thomas Boze, Stanislaus County counsel, said the money will be paid from the county general fund and insurance.

Six years after a jury acquitted a Modesto defense attorney and his codefendants in an alleged murder conspiracy, Stanislaus County has agreed to settle a malicious prosecution lawsuit for $22.5 million, one of the largest payouts of its kind in the history of the California courts.