$11m settlement for two brothers wrongfully sent to death row
Lawyers representing two former North Carolina sheriffâs deputies agreed to a US$9 million (A$11 million) settlement with two intellectually disabled half brothers who spent decades behind bars after being wrongfully convicted in the 1983 killing of an 11-year-old girl.
The lawyers for former Robeson County Sheriffâs Office deputies James Locklear and Kenneth Sealey agreed in federal court to the settlement with Henry McCollum and Leon Brown, who will split the settlement between them, The
News & Observer of Raleigh reported.
County Attorney Rob Davis said in an email to the newspaper that the insurance companies that cover the sheriff's office will pay the settlement.