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Wrongfully Imprisoned Ohio Man Settles With State for $260,000
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2007
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2007, page 39
On April 10, 2007, the State of Ohio paid $260,000 to a man who was wrongfully imprisoned for four years.Plaintiff Dartangnan Hill, a former gang leader, was convicted in May 2001 on charges of home invasion. Hill was accused of dressing as a mail man, robbing the homeowner of ...
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