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DNA exoneration yields $1 million for one man in Georgia
Three men freed after DNA proof of innocence in 2005 faced opposite fates. Clarence Harrison won $1 million from the state, while Douglas Echols and Samuel Scott received nothing. The trio highlighted gaps in Georgia compensation for the wrongly convicted and the political hurdles hindering reforms.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Clarence Harrison
Douglas Echols
Samuel Scott
Harrison
Echols
Scott
State of
Midnight
Garden of Good and Evil
Senate Appropriations
Savannah
Spencer Lawton
Chatham County
Lawton
John Berendt
Tom Bordeaux
Bordeaux