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2 men wrongfully sent to death row awarded $75M in damages

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2 men wrongfully sent to death row awarded $75M in damages

A jury in a North Carolina federal civil rights case has awarded $75 million to two Black, intellectually disabled half brothers who spent decades behind bars after being wrongfully convicted in the 1983 rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl. The eight-person jury on Friday decided Henry McCollum and Leon Brown should received $31 million each in compensatory damages, $1 million for every year spent in prison, The News & Observer reported. Th…

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Guardian

North Carolina jury awards $75m to brothers wrongly convicted of 1983 murder

Henry McCollum and Leon Brown spent decades in jail before DNA evidence cleared them of the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Two brothers offered $75 million after being wrongly imprisoned for 31 years over murder of 11-year

Henry McCollum and Leon Brown were freed in 2014 after DNA evidence implicated another man

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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NDTV

Wrongfully Convicted US Brothers To Receive $84 Million

Two African-American half-brothers who spent 31 years in prison in the southern US state of North Carolina for a crime they did not commit have been awarded $84 million, their lawyer said Monday.

3 years ago·New Delhi, India

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2 men wrongfully sent to death row awarded $75M in damages

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A jury in a North Carolina federal civil rights case has awarded $75 million to two Black, intellectually disabled half brothers who spent decades behind bars after being wrongfully convicted in the 1983 rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl.

3 years ago·United States

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