Wrongfully convicted North Carolina brothers get $75 million settlement By: Newsy and last updated 2021-05-17 16:44:07-04 Two Black men were awarded $75 million for being sentenced to death for a rape and murder they didn't commit. It may be the largest settlement for a wrongful conviction in North Carolina history. Henry McCollum and Leon Brown, who both have intellectual disabilities, have been behind bars for 31 years. A jury decided each man should get $1 million for each year they were wrongfully imprisoned. The men say police coerced them into confessing and they used fa...