Wrongfully Convicted Man to Get $26M Settlement from the City of Tulsa

A man who spent more than 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit is getting a $26 million settlement from the City of Tulsa.

Henry Jamerson was convicted of rape in 1991. A judge overturned that conviction last year after Jamerson had already spent 25 years in prison and nine years on the sex offender registry.

The judge said that the decision came after new DNA evidence conclusively excluded him, and the victim raised questions about the process of identifying Jamerson and doubted whether he really was her attacker.

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