Imagine being in jail for a crime that you didn't commit. Imagine sitting in a cell day in and day out knowing that there was not reason that you were there. This is what James C. Tillman did in a Connecticut jail for 18 years of his life. Tillman was sentenced to a 45 year jail sentence in 1988 when he was only 26 years old. He served his time until last summer when he was exonerated by a DNA test.

This week Tillman was given five million dollars because he spent all that time behind bars as an innocent man. He even got a standing ovation from the Connecticut legislature when the bill was passed that awarded him the money. I don't know about Tillman, but I am not sure that any amount of money could make up for the fact that I had wasted 18 years of my life. But, I guess it is better than nothing.

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