Two brothers who spent decades on death row are awarded $75 million in damages after DNA evidence cleared them of 1983 rape and murder of 11-year-old girl A jury decided Henry McCollum and Leon Brown should received $31 million each in compensatory damages, $1 million for every year spent in prison The eight person jury also awarded them $13 million in punitive damages The two were released from prison in 2014 after DNA evidence that pointed to a convicted murderer exonerated them over the death of Sabrina Buie Attorneys for the men have said they were scared teenagers who had low IQs when they were questioned by police and coerced into confessing