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Ohio Man Receives $600,000 for Wrongful Imprisonment

Loaded on Dec. 15, 2008 published in Prison Legal News December, 2008, page 43
Filed under: Sentencing, Wrongful Conviction. Location: Ohio.
During mediation, a settlement of $600,000 was reached between Kenneth Moore and the State of Ohio in a claim of wrongful imprisonment. Moore had sued Ohio for damages incurred in his defense at trial and post-conviction proceedings related to the criminal charges, damages for the time period he was incarcerated.

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