article_snippet.sent: Bridgeman, Ajamu, and Ricky Jackson, now 59, were sent to death row after aggravated murder convictions in a 1975 slaying.
article_snippet.sent: Wiley Bridgeman, 60 (left) and Kwame Ajamu, 57 (right) were awarded a collective $1.6million from an Ohio court on Friday after spending decades in prison for wrongful murder convictions (file photo, Nov. 2014)
article_snippet.sent: Above, Two brothers celebrate after Bridgeman was exonerated in November 2014 .
article_snippet.sent: Ajamu was only 17-years-old when Ricky Jackson was given the death penalty.
article_snippet.sent: All three's death sentences, which were given when Bridgeman was 20 and Ricky Jackson was 18, had been commuted to life in prison after the Supreme Court outlawed capital punishment in 1978.
article_snippet.sent: Ajamu, known in 1975 as Ronnie Bridgeman, was released in 2003 after 27 years in prison and exonerated in December.
article_snippet.sent: He took He new name after leaving prison and has married.
article_snippet.sent: He brother Wiley Bridgeman and Ricky Jackson were released in November after nearly 40 years behind bars.
article_snippet.sent: After His brother Wiley Bridgeman and Jackson were exonerated, The trio of wrongfully convicted men said that His brother Wiley Bridgeman and Jackson had missed out on much of life, such as having children.
highlights_snippet.sent: Wiley Bridgeman, 60, and Kwame Ajamu, 57, sentenced for 1975 killing .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Ajamu spent 27 years in prison, Bridgeman spent almost 40 behind bars .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Ajamu and Bridgeman, who are brothers, received death sentences at age 17 and 20, respectively .