RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — After a Richmond man spent over 40 years in prison for crimes which he did not commit, Governor Glenn Youngkin has ordered the City of Richmond to pay him $5.8 million.
In 1975, a 3-year-old boy named Christopher Harper disappeared into the woods near his family’s Richmond apartment. Four days later, he was found dead in the James River.
After a year of investigation and court proceedings, in 1976, Marvin Grimm, of Richmond, was convicted of Harper’s abduction, first-degree murder and rape. He received a life sentence and served 44 years in prison before he was released on parole in 2019…