Two Black Men In California Will Be Awarded Almost $900K Each After Wrongful Convictions

MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ / AP By Melissa Noel ·Updated April 21, 2023

After almost 17 years in prison, two men wrongfully convicted of attempted murder in a 2004 shooting were declared innocent by a California judge on Thursday, The Associated Press reports. A new law requires the state to pay them $140 for every day they spent behind bars, which is almost $900,000 each.

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