Ex-inmate near execution awarded $14 million

by Leattle Pablo | February 10, 2007 at 02:42 pm
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A federal jury awarded $14 million Friday to a former death row inmate who came within weeks of execution but was exonerated.

John Thompson, 40, maintained through 18 years in prison that he was innocent of killing hotel executive Ray Liuzza, 34, during a robbery in December 1984.

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