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North Carolina City to Pay $6M to Man Wrongfully Incarcerated for 17 Years

The city of Greensboro, N.C., will pay $6 million to a man imprisoned for 17 years for a murder he didn’t commit. The News & Record of Greensboro reports the city agreed Oct. 21 to pay the money to 66-year-old …

Mississippi Counties, Insurers Settle for $16.5M with Families of 3 Exonerated Men

A $16.5 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that claims three men were imprisoned for decades because they were forced to confess to a crime they did not commit, lawyers said. The Hattiesburg American reports that a settlement …