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A Texas man who spent 34 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of aggravated assault was exonerated Thursday by a Dallas County judge who ruled that he is actually innocent.

The judge approved a motion by the Dallas County District Attorney’s office to dismiss the case against Benjamin Spencer, 59, who was initially convicted in 1987 of murder in the carjacking and death of Jeffrey Young.

“This day has been a long time coming. I am relieved and humbled to help correct this injustice,” said Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot.

Spencer, who has maintained his innocence, saw his 1987 conviction later overturned. He was then tried again and convicted and sentenced to life in prison for aggravated robbery of Young.

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[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 48 points 2 months ago (7 children)

“This day has been a long time coming. I am relieved and humbled to help correct this injustice,” said Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot.

The guy's 59, he's been in prison for most of his adult life. He likely has no house, no savings, no family. While it's obviously great that he was released, he ought to be given a sizable pension for the rest of his life at the very least... I don't know what actually happens in cases like this, but if he's just released without being given some kind of major compensation for the wrongful imprisonment, the injustice isn't being corrected at all.

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I... don't think it did? Are we reading the same article? Heh

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They have some ads/related articles in the middle and it continues below it. Bad layout planning by sites…

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 4 points 2 months ago

Ah! You are correct; I completely missed that.

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