A federal appeals court Friday upheld a $15 million verdict to a man who spent nearly 20 years in prison for a murder he did not commit because a Baltimore police detective fabricated and withheld evidence. The 4th U.S. Circuit ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A push to reform and streamline the way Maryland compensates the wrongly convicted was heard in two General Assembly committees Wednesday. Senate Bill 797 and House Bill 985 propose requiring the Maryland Board of Public Works to pay individuals ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A group of men who served a combined 250 years in prison for crimes they did not commit asked legislators Wednesday to support bills to standardize post-release compensation for exonerees and increase transparency about the use of jailhouse ...

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