After 45 years in prison for injustice .. US gets $ 1.5 million compensation

Women and miscellaneous

Richard Phillips, who was released last year, said: "We have an obligation to compensate these men for the damage they have suffered throughout this period."

The story goes back to the conviction of Phillips, a father of two, who worked as a writer in 1972 for the murder of Grigory Harris in 1971. He was released on March 28, 2018, after spending 45 years in prison. Again showing that he has no role whatsoever in the crime attributed to him.

Defendants who have been acquitted can claim up to $ 50,000 for each year they are illegally imprisoned. Phillips is eligible for $ 2.25 million, but the authorities have deducted 15 years from the armed robbery he already spent when He was convicted of murder.

The released man lives through a $ 500 monthly social welfare pension plus $ 89 in food stamps and sells the art he painted in his cell to supplement that meager income.

He was released in April 2018 and celebrated his release by going to the casino and eating.

"I did not get much hot food in prison. Most of the food is cold. I missed a lot during my 45-year detention for a crime I did not commit, I did not see my children and my mother died. I do not know how she got into prison."

Related topics