Wrongfully Convicted North Carolina Man Receives $4 Million

Loaded on July 6, 2018 published in Prison Legal News July, 2018, page 50

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment. Location: North Carolina.

A North Carolina man who served 37 years for a double homicide he did not commit has received a $4 million settlement from the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) in a federal lawsuit.

Joseph Sledge, Jr. became a suspect in the September 5, 1976 murder of Josephine Davis, 74, and ...

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