Justice has finally been served for two North Carolina half-brothers who spent decades in prison for a crime they didn’t commit!
According to reports, a federal jury has awarded $75 million to Leon Brown (above, left) and Henry McCollum (above, right), who were arrested in 1983 and spent almost 31 years behind bars after they were convicted of rape and murder, before they were exonerated in 2014.
The award is a pretty big deal because not everyone who is exonerated in the US is guaranteed compensation: although the federal government and 35 states have some kind of restitution laws, advocates say many of them fail to appropriately compensate people. Related: Josh Duggar FREED From Prison Awaiting Trial In Child Porn Case After they were
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