$9M settlement for 2 men wrongfully sent to death row
May 14, 2021
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1of3FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2014 file photo, Henry McCollum walks out of prison after being released from Central Prison in Raleigh, N.C. Lawyers representing two former North Carolina sheriff’s deputies agreed on Friday, May 14, 2021, to a $9 million settlement with McCollum and his half brother Leon Brown, who spent decades behind bars after being wrongfully convicted in the 1983 killing of an 11-year-old girl.Michael Biesecker/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2014 file photo, Leon Brown speaks with a reporter at the Maury Correctional Institution in Maury, N.C., about his incarceration. Lawyers representing two former North Carolina sheriff’s deputies agreed on Friday, May 14, 2021, to a $9 million settlement with Brown and his half brother Henry McCollum, who spent decades behind bars after being wrongfully convicted in the 1983 killing of an 11-year-old girl. (Chuck Liddy/The News & Observer via AP, File)Chuck Liddy/APShow MoreShow Less