State to pay $7.5M to estate of North Carolina man over wrongful conviction
by The Associated Press
Surrounded by relatives, Charles Ray Finch leaves the Greene Correctional Institution, Thursday, May 23, 2019 in Maury, N.C. Finch, who served more than 40 years in prison for a shopkeeper's slaying in a failed robbery attempt is heading home. A federal judge in Raleigh ordered Finch's release earlier Thursday. In January, an appeals court ruled that evidence casts doubt on Finch's murder conviction. (Drew C. Wilson/The Wilson Times via AP)