Wrongfully Convicted Brothers Get $75 Million Settlement

In a significant case in North Carolina history, two Black men with intellectual disabilities were wrongfully sentenced to death for crimes they did not commit. After spending 31 years in prison, they were awarded $75 million, with $1 million for each year of wrongful imprisonment. The men claimed that police coerced them into confessing and used fabricated evidence to support false claims.

What type of disabilities did the men have?

What did the men claim about how they were coerced into confessing?