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North Carolina governor grants pardon to man who spent 22 years in prison for killings he didn't commit
Updated 9:46 PM ET, Fri April 30, 2021
Darryl Anthony Howard (middle) and his wife, Nannie Howard (right), leave the Durham County Detention Center with their lawyers and family on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016.
(CNN)North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday pardoned a man who was wrongly convicted of second-degree murder and first-degree arson in 1995, a news release from the governor's office said.
Darryl Anthony Howard can now file a claim for compensation for the years he spent in prison. In North Carolina, people wrongly convicted of felonies can receive up to $50,000 per year they were in prison, but no more that $750,000.