As he exited the prison Monday, Simmons said God was the reason he kept faith that he would be released. “God kept hope alive in me,” he said, according to the KALB television station. “God did this for me today.”Feb 16, 2022
Malcolm Alexander was exonerated on January 30, 2018, after spending 38 years in prison for a rape that DNA evidence proves he didn't commit. The past few months have been eventful for Malcolm: he reunited with his son and grandson, married his childhood sweetheart and started a job as a laborer for Jefferson Parish.
Broadwater, 61, was cleared in November of his conviction for the rape after a re-examination of the case found serious flaws in his arrest and trial. He was convicted of raping Sebold, then an 18-year-old student at Syracuse University, in a tunnel near the college campus.Feb 26, 2022
16 yearsBroadwater never gave up appealing his case. He served 16 years in prison steadfastly maintaining his innocence. In 23 years since his release, he has committed no crimes.Jan 25, 2022
New York has no limit to how much an exonerees may be awarded. California allows for a maximum award of $140 per day wrongly imprisoned, so had Alexander being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned there, he could have been owed upwards of $2 million.Apr 17, 2019
He was granted $1.2 million dollars in compensation for serving over 15 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Marvin Anderson now owns a truck driving company, raises his three sons, and serves as a Lieutenant in the Hanover (VA) Fire Department.
Alice SeboldThe Lovely Bones / Author