Original Article
08/04/2013
GRAND JUNCTION - A Mesa County man who inspired a new law compensating the wrongly convicted is nearing a monetary settlement with the state.
The Daily Sentinel reports that Colorado seeks to pay [name withheld] about $1.2 million. The 52-year-old was convicted of a 1994 rape and murder but was cleared by DNA evidence 17 years later. After his release, [name withheld] was living in poverty.
[name withheld]'s case inspired a new law granting exonerated...
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