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These wrongful conviction stories are absolutely awful.

Man freed from prison after 27 years for a crime he didn't commit, his attorney says

Bryan Hooper was wrongfully convicted of the 1998 murder of a 77-year-old woman.
By Megan Forrester
September 5, 2025
https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-freed-prison-after-spending-27-years-jail/story?id=125289698

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Re: Man freed from prison after 27 years for a crime he didn't commit
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2026, 08:40:14 AM »
He must have mixed emotions of relief for finally being out and rage for being there in the first place.

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Re: Man freed from prison after 27 years for a crime he didn't commit
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2026, 11:50:18 AM »
He must have mixed emotions of relief for finally being out and rage for being there in the first place.

I hope he gets paid.

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Re: Man freed from prison after 27 years for a crime he didn't commit
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2026, 12:38:17 AM »
I hope he gets paid.
They usually do but not much for all that time lost.

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Re: Man freed from prison after 27 years for a crime he didn't commit
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2026, 05:07:39 AM »
I hope he gets paid.

How much compensation for 27yrs of lost freedom & contact with
family etc ....... A million a year if not more I'd say.
Money wont bring back that lost Time.