Massachusetts man who spent decades in prison for a murder he didn't commit is awarded $13 million

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Man gets $1 million after 27 years of wrongful imprisonment

Michael Sullivan, wrongfully imprisoned for over 27 years in Massachusetts, has been awarded $1 million in compensation following his exoneration through new DNA evidence. Sullivan, now 61, was convicted of murder in 1985 and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole, a sentence he always insisted was unjust. Advances in DNA technology led to his release in 2013 after evidence proved his innocence, resulting in the overturning of his convi…

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Man Freed After Decades in Jail for a Crime He Didn’t Commit Gets $13 Million – You Won’t Believe His Reaction

Although state laws limit awards for false convictions at $1 million, a Massachusetts jury has awarded Michael Sullivan $13 million after he spent nearly 30 years in jail for a murder he did not commit. The 64-year-old Sullivan was found guilty in 1987 of Wilfred McGrath’s murder and robbery, a crime he has always denied committing. Although this testimony did not determine his guilt, the jury also concluded that a state police scientist had giv…

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A Massachusetts man wrongly convicted of murder was awarded $13 million (approximately €12.3 million) in damages. Despite all the suffering he endured during his imprisonment, he will only receive a small fraction of that amount.

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US man awarded $1m after 27 years wrongfully jailed

Michael Sullivan lost his mother and four siblings while behind bars and says the money will "never make up the years" he lost.

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He Lost Everything While in Prison. Now He's a Millionaire

For the nearly three decades that he was behind bars, Michael Sullivan's mother and four siblings died, his girlfriend moved on with her life, and he was badly beaten in several prison attacks. All for a murder he long insisted he never committed. Earlier this month, the 64-year-old Sullivan got...

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Massachusetts jury awards $13M to man wrongfully convicted of murder. He won't get all of it.

During the nearly three decades that he was behind bars, Michael Sullivan’s mother and four siblings died, his girlfriend moved on with her life and he was badly beaten in several prison attacks.