HARTFORD — Kenneth Ireland was awarded $6 million from the state on Thursday, becoming the first person to be compensated for a wrongful incarceration claim in Connecticut since a law was passed nearly seven years ago.
State Awards Ireland $6 Million For 21 Years' Wrongful Incarceration
ALAINE GRIFFIN, Hartford Courant
Thu, 01/29/2015 - 12:40pm
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