Chester Hollman III spent 28 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. From now on, the city of Philadelphia in the USA will finally compensate him.
In 1991, Holman was just 21 when he walked through downtown Philadelphia and was randomly arrested by police. He was charged with robbery and the murder of a University of Pennsylvania student. Due to atrocious police misconduct, Hollman was convicted of second degree murder and robbery without DNA or even with a murder weapon.
Thanks to the tireless work of “The Innocence Project”, he was finally released in July 2019 at the age of 49. Lynne M. Abraham, the district attorney at the time of her conviction, said when Hollman was released that she had no recollection of the case “and declined to comment.
Now, Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Hollman will receive $ 9.8 million.
Hollman said in a statement: “There are no words to express what was taken from me. But this arrangement ends a difficult chapter in my life as my family and I now embark on a new life. ”
His lawyer Amelia Green also added: “There was compelling evidence that Chester was innocent, innocent and always has been innocent and would never have been wrongly convicted other than extraordinary police misconduct.”
Hollman’s powerful story was featured in the Netflix series “The Files of Innocence”.
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