‘Malice in my heart’: Witness recalls falsely IDing murderer before jury rejects claims against LAPD

A man wrongfully convicted of murder in 2002 lost his malicious prosecution and wrongful imprisonment lawsuit against the two police detectives who investigated him.

Trial strategist Steven Halteman and Marco Milla outside the federal courthouse in Santa Ana, California, on Thursday, July 13, 2023. (Photo by Meghann M. Cuniff)

For Ramar Jenkins, testifying in a civil trial over a wrongful murder conviction was a chance to clear his conscience.

In 2002, he took the witness stand in a Los Angeles courtroom and identifie…