After spending more than six years in prison, a man has been exonerated for murder after a federal judge awarded him a historic $10 million verdict after a trial in Detroit.
In 2005 Kenneth Nixon was wrongfully imprisoned for 16 years for an arson that killed two young children in Detroit. Now he's using his story to educate others as Wrongful Conviction Day approaches.
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While the lawsuit is seeking damages for more than half a life spent behind bars, Kenneth Nixon says his case against Detroit Police is about changing the system that wrongfully imprisoned him and several others.