Michigan Man Who Wrongfully Spent 45 Years In Prison Will Get $1.5 Million From The State

Associated Press, The Post-Crescent
Tue, 05/21/2019 - 3:51am

Richard Phillips had long declared his innocence in a fatal shooting in the Detroit, Michigan area in 1971. He was exonerated in 2018.

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