Mistaken identity leads to $1.1M award settlement for innocent man who spent 17 years in prison [Report]
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A man convicted of robbery who spent 17 years in prison will be the first person to receive compensation under a new law for those wrongfully imprisoned. ABC News reports that Richard Anthony Jones, 42 (pictured left), was convicted in 2000 for a 1999 robbery and attack at a Walmart in Roeland Park, Kansas. Aman tried to …