An Ohio man freed last year has been told he'llbe getting a $1M dollar compensation from theGovernment for his wrongful imprisonment.
An Ohio man freed last year has been told he'll
be getting a $1M dollar compensation from the
Government for his wrongful imprisonment.
“I don’t even know what to say. This is going
to mean so much,” he said upon learning of the
pay from a journalist."
Mr Jackson, 58, was one of three who were
put on death row in 1975 after being convicted
of aggravated murder in the slaying of a
businessman outside a store in Cleveland. He
was imprisoned for 39 years.
Prosecutors at the time relied on the
testimony of a 13-year-old boy to give the
guilty verdict against Jackson and his friends,
Wiley Bridgeman and Ronnie Bridgeman, who
also happen to be brothers.
The boy only came out a few years later,
saying he was not even present at the scene of
the crime, thereby leaving no evidence tying
him to the murder.
be getting a $1M dollar compensation from the
Government for his wrongful imprisonment.
“I don’t even know what to say. This is going
to mean so much,” he said upon learning of the
pay from a journalist."
Mr Jackson, 58, was one of three who were
put on death row in 1975 after being convicted
of aggravated murder in the slaying of a
businessman outside a store in Cleveland. He
was imprisoned for 39 years.
Prosecutors at the time relied on the
testimony of a 13-year-old boy to give the
guilty verdict against Jackson and his friends,
Wiley Bridgeman and Ronnie Bridgeman, who
also happen to be brothers.
The boy only came out a few years later,
saying he was not even present at the scene of
the crime, thereby leaving no evidence tying
him to the murder.
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