Entries tagged with “Wiley Bridgeman

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Jun 30, 2021

NEWS BRIEF: Ohio Death Row Exoneree Wiley Bridgeman Dies

Wiley Bridgeman (pic­tured, left), who spent 39 years in prison for a crime he did not com­mit, died June 27, 2021, after a long ill­ness. Bridgeman was 66. In 1975, Bridgeman was wrong­ful­ly con­vict­ed and sen­tenced to death …

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May 12, 2020

Ohio Death Row Exonerees Reach $18 Million Settlement with City of Cleveland

The city of Cleveland will pay a record $18 mil­lion dol­lars to set­tle a civ­il rights law­suit by three for­mer death-row pris­on­ers who, as a result of police mis­con­duct, spent more than a com­bined 80 years impris­oned for a mur­der they did not commit…