Federal jury awards nearly $25M to Kentucky man wrongfully convicted in 1992 'satanic ritual' murder
Attorneys call it one of "the largest" civil rights verdicts in the state of Kentucky.
Attorneys call it one of "the largest" civil rights verdicts in the state of Kentucky.
House Bill 206, sponsored by Rep. Jason Nemes, R-Louisville, aimed to compensate exonerees for their time spent incarcerated and on parole.
On Wednesday, a proposed bill which would compensate Kentuckians wrongfully convicted of a crime, took its next step in the legislative process.
William Virgil insisted he was innocent for decades of the 1987 murder of a Veterans Administration nurse in Newport.
Twelve years after Percy Phillips was charged with murder, the case has yet to go to trial. And on July 22, he was released from prison after serving out a 20-year sentence in an unrelated assault conviction.
Locked up since he was 17 for a murder and robbery he claims he had nothing to do with, Mikel Crumes is not scheduled to be released from prison until 2041.