The settlement amount was agreed to in January after Ralph B. Smith and his lawyers filed a wrongful imprisonment claim in the Ohio Court of Claims.
A Columbus man will receive $1.3 million from the state of Ohio as compensation for the 21 years he spent in prison for a reported home invasion and robbery that perhaps never occurred.
Reached by phone Tuesday, Smith said the settlement will allow him to take care of his family."They helped me out a lot when I was incarcerated with visits and phone calls. I'd like to make things a little easier on them," he said. Fairfield County Prosecutor Kyle Witt, who wasn't the prosecutor at the time of Smith's conviction in August 2000, later decided toThe motion for a new trial for Smith focused on evidence suggesting that the crime may have been staged. Among the pieces of evidence that county prosecutors at the time failed to provide to the defense was a narrative supplement, written by one of the first police officers to arrive at the residence after the reported robbery.
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