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Wrongfully convicted man spends 28 years in prison, receives $9 8 million settlement from Philadelphia

Wrongfully convicted man spends 28 years in prison, receives $9.8 million settlement from Philadelphia Updated Dec 31, 2020; A man who spent nearly three decades behind bars for a crime he did not commit is receiving a multi-million-dollar settlement from the City of Philadelphia. Chester Hollman was freed from prison in 2019 after Philadelphia prosecutors told the court he was “likely innocent” of the 1991 murder for which he had been convicted. He ended up spending 28 years in prison, but now, as part of a settlement agreement, Hollman is receiving $9.8 million from the city, Action News 6 ABC is reporting. A key witness had admitted to falsely implicating him, reports indicate.

Philadelphia police shot a man and accused him of rape After 19 years in prison, he s been found innocent

Philadelphia police shot a man and accused him of rape. After 19 years in prison, he’s been found innocent. Katie Shepherd © Matt Rourke/AP Philadelphia police claimed that Termaine Hicks was raping a woman and reached for a gun when he was shot in 2001, but a judge found this week that he was innocent. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) For 19 years, Termaine Joseph Hicks maintained his innocence. In 2001, a police officer shot the 26-year-old Popeyes manager, later telling a court that Hicks reached for a gun after the officer found him raping a woman in a Philadelphia alleyway. A jury later convicted Hicks of rape, and a judge sentenced him to up to 25 years in prison.

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