article_snippet: An Ohio man who spent nearly 40 years behind bars for a murder An Ohio man who spent nearly 40 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit did not commit will receive  $2million from the state as compensation for An Ohio man who spent nearly 40 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit wrongful imprisonment.
article_snippet: Just yesterday an Illinois man who spent nearly 20 years in jail after being wrongly imprisoned for rape and murder received a $20million settlement, setting a new national record.
article_snippet: an Illinois man who spent nearly 20 years in jail after being wrongly imprisoned for rape and murder received about a million dollars for each year spent behind bars.
article_snippet: And in January a Connecticut man who spent 21 years in jail for a rape and murder Jackson did not commit received $6million in compensation after DNA tests proved Jackson innocence.