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A Man Who Was Wrongfully Imprisoned on Death Row for Two Decades Will Receive a $1 Million Settlement

A state board on Monday approved a $1 million payment from the state to ex-Death Row inmate Joe D’Ambrosio, who was wrongfully imprisoned for more than two decades due to prosecutorial misconduct.

The unanimous decision by the Ohio Controlling Board marks the final hurdle in D’Ambrosio’s years-long effort to get state compensation for his time behind bars.

D’Ambrosio, a North Royalton resident, was sentenced to death in 1989 for the murder of Anthony Klann, whose body was found floating in Doan Brook in Cleveland’s Rockefeller Park. He was released in 2010 after a judge found that the Cuyahoga County prosecutor’s office withheld 10 pieces of evidence at his trial that might have led to a not-guilty verdict.

Read the source article at cleveland.com

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