CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) -- A man who spent 16 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of murder has reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed against the southeast Missouri county that put him behind bars.

Terms of the settlement between Joshua Kezer, Scott County, and the county's former law enforcement officers, were not released.

A member of Kezer's legal team confirmed the settlement Tuesday with the Southeast Missourian newspaper, but said a judge must still finalize it. Both sides had been meeting with a federal mediator since early spring.

Kezer was convicted in the 1992 murder of 19-year-old Angela Mischelle Lawless. In February 2009, a judge ruled that key evidence was kept from Kezer's defense attorneys during his initial trial.

The judge exonerated Kezer.