Michigan Man Release After 35 Years From Wrongful Conviction

A man accused of breaking into a home and sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in southwestern Michigan is out of prison after 35 years after authorities agreed that he was wrongly convicted.

According to the Attorney General’s office, new DNA testing excluded Louis Wright as the perpetrator, from his 1988 convictions.

Wright could be eligible for $1.75 million under a state law that grants $50,000 for each year spent in prison for a conviction overturned based on new evidence.