$14.5 Million Awarded to Exonerated Prisoner
From Times Wire Reports
A federal jury in Tulsa awarded $14.5 million in damages to a man who spent 14 years in prison for a rape conviction before DNA evidence exonerated him.
Arvin McGee Jr., 44, was freed in 2002 after his conviction in the 1987 rape and kidnapping was overturned. He sued the city of Tulsa, claiming his constitutional rights had been violated.
“It’s justice,” McGee said after the jury announced its verdict.
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