A 60-year-old man, Lawrence McKinney, who
was wrongfully handed a 115-year imprisonment after he was convicted of
rape and burglary in 1978 has been released and handed a N23,000
compensation.
He spent 31 years in prison for wrong conviction
The
New York Daily News reports that the victim was later freed 31 years
after because his DNA showed he was not responsible for the crime.
He was finally given a compensation of just about £60.
However, he is currently seeking $1 million compensation and his case may be looked into by a parole board.
The man who hails from Memphis in Tennessee was quoted by the CBS News as saying: “I don’t have no life. All of my life was taken away.
“I don’t have no life, all my life was taken away.”
His lawyer, Jack Lowery, also argues that he deserves to be compensated for being denied freedom for most of his life.
“It is not justice for him not to receive compensation for being wrongfully imprisoned,” Lowery said.
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