Record $25M Payout to Man Imprisoned for 44 Years for Rape He Didn’t Commit
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North Carolina officials announced on Tuesday that the city of Concord will pay a man $22 million after he spent 44 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. Ronnie Long, 68, was sentenced to 80 years after being convicted of rape in 1976. Duke Law School Wrongful Convictions Clinic, which represented Long, …