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The two men who were wrongfully convicted for a 1994 kidnapping and homicide in Montana City have each received $6 million in settlements.Â
Freddie Joe Lawrence and Paul Jenkins reached their settlements after filing separate lawsuits, MTN News reported. They each had spent more than 23 years in prison.
Lawrence signed his settlement in September and his lawsuit in federal court was dismissed in October. Jenkinsâ settlement was signed November 2019, and his lawsuit was dismissed soon afterward, MTN reported. Insurance companies for the Montana Association of Counties agreed to pay the claims.
Freddie Joe Lawrence, center, walks out of Montana State Prison as a free man in this photo from 2018. He is accompanied by Toby Cook, left, and Larry Mansch of the Montana Innocence Project.Â
The two men wrongfully convicted for a 1994 kidnapping and murder in Montana City – Freddie Joe Lawrence and Paul Jenkins – have each obtained $6 million settlements in their separate lawsuits against prosecutors and lawmen involved in the case.
Bill to compensate wrongfully convicted stalled in committee
By: Mike Dennison
and last updated 2021-02-21 17:25:52-05
HELENA â A bill to compensate those imprisoned for crimes they didnât commit is stalled in a Montana legislative committee, as supporters try to address concerns about its potential cost.
House Bill 92, referred to the House Appropriations Committee a month ago, faced some tough questions last week from Republicans on the panel about its cost.
After an amendment to attach a $700,000 appropriation to the bill failed on an 11-12 vote last week, with Republicans opposing it, Democratic Rep. Emma Kerr-Carpenter of Billings asked the panel to table the bill for now.
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