‘It Is Offensive’: Durham City Council Rejects Federal Jury’s Recommendation to Pay Wrongfully Convicted Man $6M After He Spent Two Decades In Prison for Crime He Didn’t Commit
A wrongfully convicted Black man, who successfully fought to have two murder convictions overturned and received a pardon from the North Carolina governor for those crimes, sued the city for $6 million and won. However, officials in the city of Durham have rejected the jury’s judgment, deciding they will not pay the award after spending…
