Atlanta considers $1.5 million compensation for man wrongfully imprisoned for more than a year after his parents' deaths

Members of the Atlanta City Council in Georgia are considering a $1.5 million settlement for a man who was wrongfully arrested and sentenced to nearly 14 months in prison for a crime he did not commit.

Keith Sylvester was arrested in December 2018 and booked into Fulton County Jail on charges of strangling and murdering his mother, Deborah Hubbard, and stepfather, Harry Hubbard, and setting fire to their home nearly six months earlier.

All charges against him were dropped and he was released from custody in March 2020 after authorities determined he did not commit the crime.

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Sylvester has maintained his innocence since his arrest in 2018.

“I am innocent and had nothing to do with the deaths of my mother and stepfather,” he told Fox 5 Atlanta at the time.

The case against Sylvester was called into question when evidence emerged incriminating another suspect, Cornelius Muckle, who has since been identified as the actual attacker, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.

Cornelius Muckle was named as the actual suspect in connection with the murders. (Fulton County Sheriff's Office)

Muckle's cellphone was traced to the crime scene and investigators found that he had taken items from the Hubbards' home two days after the murders. He was sent to prison later in 2020.

Recalling his wrongful arrest, Sylvester said his mug shot “should never have been taken.”

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Sylvester has maintained his innocence since his arrest in 2018. (iStock)

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In the days following the murders, Sylvester tried to help authorities find the real suspect by putting up arson signs in his neighborhood to hold the killer accountable for the crime, Fox 5 Atlanta reported.

The Atlanta Public Safety Board's decision to reach a settlement in Sylvester's case will now go before the full Atlanta City Council for final approval.