Leon Brown

In this Sept. 3, 2014 file photo, Henry McCollum walks out of prison after being released from Central Prison in Raleigh, N.C.

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NC Half Brothers Wrongfully Sent To Death Row Awarded $75M In Damages

Associated Press

A jury in a North Carolina federal civil rights case has awarded $75 million to two Black, intellectually disabled half brothers who spent decades behind bars after being wrongfully convicted in the 1983 rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl.

Henry McCollum, left, spent 30 years, 11 months and seven days on death row. Leon Brown was imprisoned at the age of 15 and spend the first decade in solitary confinement. In 2014 the men were released after DNA evidence implicated another man.

Law

NC Men Still Paying For A Crime They Didn鈥檛 Commit

Frank Stasio

In 1983, an 11-year-old girl was raped and killed in Red Springs, North Carolina. Half brothers Henry McCollum and Leon Brown, teenagers at the time,鈥�

Law

NC Men Still Paying For A Crime They Didn鈥檛 Commit

Frank Stasio

In 1983, an 11-year-old girl was raped and killed in Red Springs, North Carolina. Half brothers Henry McCollum and Leon Brown, teenagers at the time,鈥�

Law

Judge Allowing $1M In Settlements For Wrongly Convicted Men

Associated Press

A federal judge said Thursday that he will approve a $1 million payout from a North Carolina town to two half brothers wrongfully imprisoned for 30 years,鈥�

Law

Wrongfully Convicted Men Receive Financial Compensation

Jeff Tiberii

Two North Carolina men who were wrongfully convicted of murder and spent 30 years in prison are receiving financial compensation. Henry McCollum and his鈥�

Politics

After 31 Years In Prison, Brothers Receive Pardons

Jeff Tiberii

Henry McCollum and Leon Brown are getting full pardons from the Governor after spending more than three decades in prison. The victim in this case was鈥�