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The state Corrections Department has changed course and paid an exonerated Montana man his $5,000 “transition assistance grant,” as he attempts to become the first person to gain state compensation for a wrongful conviction, under a new law.

Its so wrong.

Kevin Strickland was released from prison after a Missouri judge decided to set aside his conviction for a 1978 triple murder in Kansas City.

Kevin Strickland has been released from prison 43 years after being wrongly convicted for murder. But he will not be given compensation for his decadeslong false imprisonment.

Kevin Strickland will finally walk free after being imprisoned for the last 43 years for a crime he did not commit.

Kevin Strickland will finally walk free after being imprisoned for the last 43 years for a crime he did not commit.

Kevin Strickland will finally walk free after being imprisoned for the last 43 years for a crime he did not commit.

Kevin Strickland will finally walk free after being imprisoned for the last 43 years for a crime he did not commit.

8th-graders lead effort to pardon wrongly convicted witch

Most Manhattan DA Candidates Promise A Mass Conviction Purge Once In Office arrow Manhattan Criminal Court at 100 Centre Street Felix Lipov/Shutterstock Last week, a coalition of exoneration organizations formally asked city prosecutors to purge hundreds of convictions based on the work of 22 NYPD officers convicted for lying, corruption, and other forms of misconduct. The advocates’ demand followed announcements from Brooklyn and Manhattan prosecutors that they were...