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Innocent Idaho Prisoner Receives $900,000 for 21 Years Wrongful Incarceration
Loaded on May 15, 2007
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2007, page 38
After spending nearly twenty-one years incarcerated for murder, Donald M. Paradis was released from Idaho?s death row on April 10, 2001. Now, just over fiver years later, Paradis is set to receive $900,000 for his wrongful conviction and incarceration. This case demonstrates an especially egregious case of police and prosecutorial …
Filed under:
Police Misconduct,
Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct,
Sentencing,
Wrongful Conviction,
Death Penalty,
Death Row.
Location:
Idaho.
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