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MI agrees to $1.75M payout for man who served 35 years over wrongful conviction

Louis Wright, 65, will receive $1.75 million from the state of Michigan after serving 35 years in prison on a wrongful sexual assault conviction.

Michigan man wrongfully jailed for 35 years wins $1.75m payout

Louis Wright freed in November after DNA ruled him out as perpetrator of child sexual assault in Michigan in 1988

Louis Wright:Innocent man in jail for 35 years after being wrongly convicted of sex attack on school girl is freed

The US state of Michigan agrees to pay $1.75m (£1.37m) in compensation to Louis Wright, who was wrongly convicted of attacking an 11-year-old girl in 1988 and spent 35 years behind bars. He was finally freed after DNA tests ruled him out as the perpetrator.

Michigan to pay $1.75M to innocent man after 35 years in prison

Michigan to pay $1.75 million to innocent man after 35 years in prison | iNFOnews