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Mistaken identity leads to $1.1M award settlement for innocent man who spent 17 years in prison [Report]

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 …

‘It was highly embarrassing’: Man wrongfully arrested for cashing legit employment check blames ‘racial profiling’ [Reports]
December 20, 2018

‘It was highly embarrassing’: Man wrongfully arrested for cashing legit employment check blames ‘racial profiling’ [Reports]

A black man in Ohio who tried cashing a check from his employer earlier this month said he was met with skepticism regarding the document’s validity, and discriminately placed under arrest by officials.   According to Cleveland 19 News, Paul McCowns walked into Huntington Bank in Brooklyn, Ohio, on December 1 to cash a check …

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