After a quarter-century behind bars for a murder he was eventually found to be wrongfully convicted of, Desmond Ricks has been ordered to return more than a million dollars to the state. It’s part of a Court of Appeals decision after a separate lawsuit paid him more than $7 million.
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Man wrongfully convicted of murder ordered to return more than $1M to state
For roughly 25 years, Desmond Ricks was an inmate in state prison, where he always maintained his innocence for the crime of murder. But after being freed, Ricks was among those to receive funds, under the state’s Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act, also known as WICA, roughly $50,000 a year for each year served.
One of his attorneys was Wolf Mueller…