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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 10 > Cleared convict gets $2.2M for prison time

Cleared convict gets $2.2M for prison time


May 10, 2008

MIAMI — Miami commissioners agreed Thursday to pay $2.2 million to settle a grave injustice involving a mentally retarded man who spent 22 years behind bars — for murders and rapes he didn’t commit.

The main evidence against Jerry Frank Townsend: his own....

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