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PoliticAverse

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Sat May 1, 2021, 12:08 PM May 2021

Governor grants pardon to man who spent 22 years in prison for killings he didn't commit

(CNN)North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday pardoned a man who was wrongly convicted of second-degree murder and first-degree arson in 1995, a news release from the governor's office said.

Darryl Anthony Howard can now file a claim for compensation for the years he spent in prison. In North Carolina, people wrongly convicted of felonies can receive up to $50,000 per year they were in prison, but no more that $750,000.

Amelia Green, an attorney for Howard, said: "We are pleased to have the State acknowledge what has been clear all along -- Darryl Howard never should have spent a moment in prison for these horrifying crimes, let alone over 22 years. Darryl is relieved to have this official recognition of his innocence as he moves forward to the next chapter in his life."

Howard has been a free man since a judge vacated his convictions in 2016.

Read the rest at: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/30/us/north-carolina-governor-pardons-wrongly-convicted-man/index.html
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