Payout agreed for man who faced execution at 14

A Canadian who faced execution at the age of 14 is to receive $6.5m Canadian dollars (€4m) in compensation, five decades after being wrongfully convicted of the rape and murder of a schoolmate.

Payout agreed for man who faced execution at 14

A Canadian who faced execution at the age of 14 is to receive $6.5m Canadian dollars (€4m) in compensation, five decades after being wrongfully convicted of the rape and murder of a schoolmate.

Steven Truscott was sentenced to hang after being convicted of killing 12-year-old Lynne Harper in 1959.

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