ANNAPOLIS — Three men who were exonerated for the 1983 murder of a teenager in Baltimore will receive nearly $3 million each as compensation for their wrongful incarceration. The payments to Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins and Andrew Stewart, approved by ...

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A Maryland state trooper and the sheriff of Frederick County are being hailed as heroes after they worked to save the life of an exonerated man who was in Annapolis to testify in favor of a bill to set compensation ...

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A stalemate between Maryland’s Board of Public Works and five exonerated men seeking compensation for their years in prison — a stalemate that became increasingly public over the summer — ended with the board awarding the men millions of dollars, which ...

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Three men serving life sentences for a 1983 murder they did not commit were exonerated Monday, just six months after one of them wrote to Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby asking her to investigate their convictions. The men ...

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The Board of Public Works voted unanimously Wednesday to approve more than $9 million in compensation for five men who were wrongfully incarcerated. Comptroller Peter Franchot, who sits on the board along with Gov. Larry Hogan and Treasurer Nancy Kopp, ...

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