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Spent 35 years in prison, but was innocent, compensated with 1.75 million dollars

2024-01-12 22:53:45Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Spent 35 years in prison, but was innocent, compensated with 1.75 million
Lewis Wright

$1.75 million will be the compensation that an American man will receive from the state of Michigan after he spent 35 years in prison because he was wrongly convicted of sexually assaulting a minor.

Lewis Wright, (now 65), was released from prison in November after authorities proved through DNA tests that he was not the perpetrator of the 1988 attack on an 11-year-old girl in Albion, a small town in southwestern Michigan.

People who are acquitted on new evidence are entitled to a $50,000 benefit for each year they spend in a Michigan prison. Although the prosecution sometimes disputes the payment, based on the strict criteria of the law, this time it quickly agreed to pay the compensation.

Wright told The Associated Press that he will likely use some of the money to buy a house and a vehicle for one of his sisters.

As his lawyer pointed out, "nothing can make up for 35 years in prison for something he didn't do."

Wright has been eligible for parole several times since 2008, however, he refused to attend a sex offender treatment class, a key condition for parole. In the end, the DNA test provided the final solution.


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