$1m for innocent man’s 39-year term

An Ohio man freed last year after spending 39 years in jail for a murder he did not commit will receive over $1m (€923,050) from the state for his wrongful imprisonment, court records show.

An Ohio Court of Claims judge ordered that over $1m be paid to Ricky Jackson, the longest-held US prisoner to be cleared of a crime.

“Wow, I didn’t know that,” Jackson told the Cleveland Plain Dealer, which said he learnt of the payment from a journalist.