Wrongfully convicted man spends 28 years in prison, receives $9.8 million settlement from Philadelphia
Updated Dec 31, 2020;
A man who spent nearly three decades behind bars for a crime he did not commit is receiving a multi-million-dollar settlement from the City of Philadelphia.
Chester Hollman was freed from prison in 2019 after Philadelphia prosecutors told the court he was “likely innocent” of the 1991 murder for which he had been convicted.
He ended up spending 28 years in prison, but now, as part of a settlement agreement, Hollman is receiving $9.8 million from the city, Action News 6 ABC is reporting.
A key witness had admitted to falsely implicating him, reports indicate.
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