/tags/leon-brown Leon Brown en-US Copyright Mon, 17 May 2021 20:35:23 GMT /news/2021-05-17/nc-half-brothers-wrongfully-sent-to-death-row-awarded-75m-in-damages 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. Mon, 17 May 2021 20:35:23 GMT /news/2021-05-17/nc-half-brothers-wrongfully-sent-to-death-row-awarded-75m-in-damages Associated Press /law/2018-05-03/nc-men-still-paying-for-a-crime-they-didnt-commit 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,… Thu, 03 May 2018 19:57:48 GMT /law/2018-05-03/nc-men-still-paying-for-a-crime-they-didnt-commit Frank Stasio, Dana Terry /show/the-state-of-things/2018-05-03/nc-men-still-paying-for-a-crime-they-didnt-commit 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,… Thu, 03 May 2018 19:57:48 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-05-03/nc-men-still-paying-for-a-crime-they-didnt-commit Frank Stasio, Dana Terry /law/2017-12-15/judge-allowing-1m-in-settlements-for-wrongly-convicted-men 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,… Fri, 15 Dec 2017 16:21:05 GMT /law/2017-12-15/judge-allowing-1m-in-settlements-for-wrongly-convicted-men Associated Press /law/2015-09-02/wrongfully-convicted-men-receive-financial-compensation Two North Carolina men who were wrongfully convicted of murder and spent 30 years in prison are receiving financial compensation. Henry McCollum and his… Thu, 03 Sep 2015 01:59:01 GMT /law/2015-09-02/wrongfully-convicted-men-receive-financial-compensation Jeff Tiberii /politics/2015-06-04/after-31-years-in-prison-brothers-receive-pardons 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… Thu, 04 Jun 2015 20:42:12 GMT /politics/2015-06-04/after-31-years-in-prison-brothers-receive-pardons Jeff Tiberii