Pair wrongfully put on death row get $75m

A jury in a North Carolina federal civil rights case on Friday awarded $75 million to two black, intellectually disabled half brothers who spent decades behind bars after being wrongfully convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl in 1983. The pair, Henry McCollum and Leon Brown, have pursued the civil case against law enforcement members since 2015, arguing that their civil rights were violated during the interrogations that led to their convictions. The two were released from prison in 2014 after DNA evidence that pointed to a convicted murderer exonerated them.