American received $1 million in compensation after 27 years in prison for someone else's crime
Kyiv • UNN
Michael Sullivan was released after 27 years in prison when a DNA test proved his innocence. The state of Massachusetts paid him compensation in the amount of $1 million for wrongful conviction.
American Michael Sullivan was awarded $ 1 million after 27 years of wrongful imprisonment, writes UNN with reference to the BBC.
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Michael Sullivan spent more than 27 years in a Massachusetts prison in the United States for a murder in which he claimed for years that he did not commit it. He was released in 2013 after a new trial, and new DNA technology proved his innocence.
Earlier this month, Sullivan received $13 million from the state, although Massachusetts rules limit the reward for wrongful conviction to $1 million.
Sullivan, who lost his mother and four siblings while in prison, says the money "will never make up for the years" he lost.
