‘Can’t Get Them Years Back Ever’: Maryland Man Who Spent Five Years In Prison Receives $350,000 Settlement After State Admits They Prosecuted Wrong Man for Murder and Assault
An innocent Maryland man received an apology from the state and approval for a $340,000 settlement after he was wrongly convicted of two violent crimes and imprisoned for more than five years. Demetrius Smith was wrongly convicted of first-degree assault and murder in 2008 when he was just 25. Smith spent more than five years…
