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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.
It's 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.