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Logan was released in September 2008, more than 26 years after he was arrested for a murder he did not commit. He subsequently received a certificate of innocence, and was awarded $199,000 in state compensation. In January 2013, the City of Chicago agreed to pay Logan $10.25 million to settle a federal wrongful conviction lawsuit. Mar 5, 1982
The state has vigorously objected to Mawson’s bid to be compensated for the two years and 190 days she served behind bars for what she argues was her wrongful conviction in her toddler’s ...
Research into the issue of wrongful convictions have led to the use of methods to avoid wrongful convictions, such as double-blind eyewitness identification. [74] Leading causes of wrongful convictions in the United States include snitches [75] and unscientific forensics. [76] [77] Other causes include police and prosecutorial misconduct. [78] [79]
The longest-served exonerated man in United States history is now being compensated by the state that wrongfully imprisoned him for nearly five decades.. Glynn Simmons, 70, will receive $175,000 ...
After spending more than four years in prison, Doelz filed a wrongful conviction compensation case in Shawnee County District Court. After a 2022 trial, Judge Teresa Watson rejected the claim ...
Upon release for wrongful conviction (proved by DNA analysis), Cotton was awarded $110,000 in compensation from the state of North Carolina. [5] Cotton and Thompson reconciled and became close friends; they conduct speaking tours to promote reform of procedures for eyewitness testimony.
Exonerations of wrongful convictions have come as a result of mistaken eyewitnesses, ... He is eligible for state compensation under a 2014 Minnesota law. However, the process to receive those ...
After his release, Jackson was awarded $1 million dollars in 2015 in compensation by the state of Ohio for his decades in prison due to the wrongful conviction. [8] In 2016 he received an additional $2.65 million settlement from the state Court of Claims, based on estimates of lost income. [9]