Ricky Jackson , 59 , and his friends Ronnie and Wiley Bridgeman were all exonerated in November for the 1975 murder of Harry Franks . The case was reopened after a DNA test showed that one man had been convicted as an accomplice to another man's crime but not charged with it. He will also receive an undetermined sum of money to account for the wages he lost while in prison . Bridgeman brothers will receive their initial checks in a couple of weeks .
Ricky Jackson , 59 , and his friends Ronnie and Wiley Bridgeman were all exonerated in November for the 1975 murder of Harry Franks . Jackson 's award is based on Ohio 's base rate for wrongful conviction compensation , which is $ 40,330 per year spent in jail . He will also receive an undetermined sum of money to account for the wages he lost while in prison . Bridgeman brothers will receive their initial checks in a couple of weeks .