Maryland officials award $3 million to Baltimore man who spent 31 years wrongfully imprisoned
BALTIMORE — Maryland officials on Wednesday awarded more than $3 million to a Baltimore man who served 31 years in prison before he was exonerated, one of the largest payments under a 2021 law that reformed how the state compensates people who have been wrongfully convicted. Gary Washington, 63, met privately with Gov. Wes Moore and then watched silently as the three-member Maryland Board of ...