NC man who spent almost 17 years in prison before being found innocent of murder gets $750,000
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A North Carolina man who served almost 17 years in prison for murder before being found innocent has received $750,000 compensation from the state.
The money comes out to about $5 an hour for the time Greg Taylor was behind bars for his conviction in the death of Jacquetta Thomas in 1991. A three-judge panel found him innocent earlier this year based on work by the N.C. Innocence Inquiry Commission. It's the only state-run agency in the country dedicated to proving a convicted person's innocence.
Gov. Beverly Perdue pardoned Taylor in May. Another state commission agreed Monday to the payment and Taylor received the check Tuesday.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Taylor says he wants to repay his family for the attorneys and investigators they hired in their efforts to prove his innocence.