Ohio to Pay Largest Award Ever to Wrongfully Convicted Man
Ohio bites the bullet and will pay Jimmy Spunk Williams $750k for the ten years he was wrongfully imprisoned:
The state will pay its largest wrongful conviction award ever to a man freed from prison after 10 years when a woman recanted testimony identifying him as the man who raped her when she was 12 years old. Jimmy "Spunk" Williams, 32, agreed Monday to a $750,000 settlement. The state also will pay about $84,600 in fees to two attorneys.
If only there was some way Mr. Williams could click his heels three times and go back to 1990 and get his ten years back too.
Update: California Governor Gray Davis today signed into law a bill to pay Rick Walker $400,000. Walker spent 12 years in jail for a murder he didn't commit.
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