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Family of Wrongfully Imprisoned Disabled Man to Receive $5.9 Million

More than four years after his death, Richard Lapointe’s family is set to receive a nearly $5.9 million award from Connecticut for his wrongful, quarter-century imprisonment that ended in 2015 when his murder conviction was overturned in the rape and …

Town Expects Insurance Will Help Cover $14.9M Wrongful Incarceration Settlement

A Massachusetts town has agreed to pay $14.9 million to a citizen who spent 36 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Town officials in Braintree said they hope to recover much of that payment from its …

Family of Black Teen Wrongly Executed in 1931 Seeks Damages

The family of the youngest person ever executed in the state of Pennsylvania — a Black 16-year-old sent to the electric chair in 1931 and exonerated by the governor in 2022 — is suing the county that prosecuted him. Alexander …