Officials in the eastern Idaho city of Idaho Falls have agreed to pay $11.7 million to a man who spent about two decades in prison after being wrongfully
The Idaho Falls City Council voted to accept the settlement agreement with Christopher Tapp, who spent about two decades in prison after being wrongfully convicted
Idaho officials pay $2.6M for wrongful convictions of 2 men
Keith Ridler, Associated Press
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) Idaho officials on Tuesday approved payments of $1.4 million and $1.2 million, respectively, to two men who spent decades in prison for crimes they didn’t commit.
Republican Gov. Brad Little and three other statewide-elected members of the Idaho Board of Examiners approved the payments to Charles Fain and Christopher Tapp.
Republican Sen. Doug Ricks, who spearheaded legislation this year to compensate people wrongfully convicted in Idaho, said Fain and Tapp will likely get checks in the next several days.
“I’ve very pleased that we’re to this point,” Ricks said. “We can give compensation to try to offset some of the pain that we have caused them.”