According to US News, more than $1.4 million had been collected as of Saturday evening for a man who spent dozens of years in prison, before the judge overturned his murder conviction.
The source explained that the fundraising campaign began on the Internet for Kevin Strickland, after it was found that he will not receive compensation from the state of Missouri, and will need assistance for basic living expenses.
The state only allows compensation to be awarded to those acquitted by DNA evidence, which did not happen in the 62-year-old Strickland case.
Missouri Court of Appeals judge James Welch ordered Strickland’s release on Tuesday after finding that the evidence based on his conviction had been “retracted or refuted.”
While leaving prison, he said Kevin He “thanks to the God who took my hand through this ordeal for 43 years.”
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