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AFTER 25 YEARS IN PRISON! Man wrongly jailed receives $10 million compensation
A U.S. man identified as Anthony Wright was on Wednesday compensated with 10 million U.S. dollars after serving 25 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.
The settlement set a record for the city of Philadelphia, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, where Wright was sentenced to life without parole for a 1991 rape and murder case.
DNA evidence discovered later proved that Wright was innocent.
Innocence Project, an activist group promoting DNA evidence in criminal investigations, said in a statement that Wright was the victim of poor investigation procedures by the police, who allegedly threatened to beat him if he refuses to sign a confession written by the police.
The group said Wright is the 344th DNA exoneree in the nation.
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