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Brothers wrongfully convicted of murder awarded $75 million after each serving 31 years in prison
CBS NEWS ^ | MAY 17, 2021 | CAITLIN O'KANE

Posted on 05/17/2021 2:42:19 PM PDT by deport

Two North Carolina men who were wrongfully convicted in a rape and murder of an 11-year-old were awarded $75 million total in compensatory damages Friday, according to the Associated Press.

Henry McCollum and Leon Brown, who each spent 31 years in jail for a crime they did not commit, were each awarded $1 million for every year spent in prison. In addition to the $31 million each, the eight-person jury awarded them $13 million in punitive damages,

More than three decades after they were convicted of the rape and death of Sabrina Buie in 1983, new DNA evidence showed another man was responsible.

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To: dinodino

True, but Karma influences outcomes.


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