Black Man Served 24 Years for Capital Murder the DA’s Office Now Agrees He Did Not Commit; New York City Must Pay Him $17.5 Million
A Black man who was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent 24 years in prison was awarded a $17.5 million settlement from the city of New York on Nov. 16. George Bell was wrongfully convicted in 1999 and sentenced to life in prison without parole. He was wrongly convicted along with two other Black men…
