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elleng

(130,126 posts)
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 10:59 PM Jun 2020

Maryland Board Approves Nearly $4M for 2 Wrongly Imprisoned.

“We owe these gentlemen not only a financial payment, which we are making, but our sincere apologies and resolutions to oversee changes in the system which will prevent this from happening in the future." - Maryland Treasurer Nancy Kopp

A Maryland board approved settlements of nearly $2 million each Wednesday for two men who were wrongly imprisoned for crimes they didn’t commit.

The three-member Board of Public Works approved the settlements to be paid over seven years.

Board records show Eric Simmons and Kenneth McPherson were wrongly confined after a Baltimore City Circuit Court erroneously convicted them of first-degree murder in 1995. They each spent nearly 24 years in prison up until May of last year.'

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/maryland-board-approves-nearly-4m-for-2-wrongly-imprisoned/2336013/?

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Maryland Board Approves Nearly $4M for 2 Wrongly Imprisoned. (Original Post) elleng Jun 2020 OP
That is an insulting low amount for 24 years jimfields33 Jun 2020 #1
I concur! blondebanshee Jun 2020 #2

jimfields33

(15,450 posts)
1. That is an insulting low amount for 24 years
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 11:07 PM
Jun 2020

I’ve heard that some get 25 million. That seems closer to what should be given.

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