Baltimore brothers wrongfully jailed for 24 years get $3.8m

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Baltimore brothers wrongfully jailed for 24 years get $3.8m

The exoneration comes amid a national debate over ways to reform US policing.

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Two Baltimore brothers who served 24 years in jail for a murder they did not commit have each received $1.9m (£1.5m) compensation from the state.

Eric Simmons and Kenneth "JR" McPherson were released in May 2019 after prosecutors re-examined their cases and found errors by investigators.

It comes amid a national debate in the US over how to reform the police and criminal justice system.

 

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Even more disturbing,

The Innocence Project, which worked to uncover new evidence in the case, says police pressured a 13-year-old suspect to identify Mr Simmons and Mr McPherson, and threatened the boy with murder charges if he refused.

 

[Dave]

Even more disturbing,

The US seems to have a lot of police that are willing to do anything to get a conviction.