U.S.’ North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper pardons man wrongfully imprisoned for 24 years
The Hindu
Roy Cooper’s pardon of innocence allows Dontae Sharpe to apply for compensation up to $7,50,000 for his wrongful conviction.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper on Friday pardoned a man who spent 24 years behind bars for a murder he has long said he did not commit.
Mr. Cooper’s pardon of innocence allows Dontae Sharpe to apply for compensation up to $7,50,000 for his wrongful conviction.
“Mr. Sharpe and others who have been wrongly convicted deserve to have that injustice fully and publicly acknowledged,” the Governor said in a statement announcing he had pardoned the man after a careful review of the case.
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