‘The Harshest Punishment’: Black Man Received $25 from State of Georgia After Spending 18 Years In Prison for Wrongful Conviction, Now He May Receive $1.4 Million Thanks to New Law
A new law passed by the Georgia Legislature last week will create a new process and fund to give those wrongly convicted and later exonerated by a court for felony crimes $75,000 for each year they were incarcerated. The legislation will likely benefit Mario Stinchcomb, a Black man who served more than 18 years in…
