Long story short, 3 men were charged, imprisoned and originally sentenced to death row for a murder they didn't commit based on a single fabricated testimony of a 12 year old.

Ricky Jackson and Wiley Bridgeman both served 39 years 

Ronnie Bridgeman served 27 years.

Each can seek $40,000 - roughly $4.57 an hour*- for each year they spent in prison ON DEATH ROW. 

$4.57 an hour for being wrongfully placed on death row.

No.

AT MINIMUM, add a zero- $45.70 an hour which would work out to $10.8 million dollars for 27 years and 15.6 million dollars for 39 years.

These men were robbed of their lives by the state based on a very obviously false testimony.

Sign this petition.

 

Read the articles here:

http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/what-the-boy-saw/Content?oid=2598138

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/12/09/ohio-man-exonerated-after-spending-27-years-in-prison-for-a-murder-he-didnt-commit/

 

 

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* "40,000 X 27 years = $1,080,000

24 hrs per day x 365 days per year = 8,760 hrs per year.

8,760 (Hours per year) X 27 years = 236,520 hours + 144 hours (6 extra days for leap years inside) = 236,664 hours inside

$1,080,000 (total payout) / 236,664 (total hours) = $4.56343170063888 per hour, let's be generous and round up $4.57 per hour

$4.57 per hour is ridiculous for what this innocent an has gone through and the life he has had stolen from him" - Virginia Hicks