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Man wrongfully convicted awarded $25K, Wisconsin Claims Board decides
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MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Claims Board announced Monday that it will award $25,000 to a man wrongfully convicted in a 1995 homicide later connected to a Milwaukee serial killer.
Sam Hadaway was seeking the maximum compensation for a wrongful conviction under state law. The Claims Board said he was clearly innocent in 16-year-old runaway Jessica Payne s death.
Police found Payne s body behind an abandoned house in Milwaukee in August 1995. Investigators arrested Hadaway and Chaunte Ott in the death, based partly on statements from a third man, Richard Gwin.
Claims board gives man $25,000 for 1995 wrongful conviction Follow Us
Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Monday, May 10, 2021
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Claims Board announced Monday that it will award $25,000 to a man wrongfully convicted in a 1995 homicide later connected to a Milwaukee serial killer.
Sam Hadaway was seeking the maximum compensation for a wrongful conviction under state law. The Claims Board said he was clearly innocent in 16-year-old runaway Jessica Payne’s death.
Police found Payne’s body behind an abandoned house in Milwaukee in August 1995. Investigators arrested Hadaway and Chaunte Ott in the death, based partly on statements from a third man, Richard Gwin.