A judge has awarded $6.2 million to a man wrongfully incarcerated for nearly six years for rape, citing how the ex-inmate’s “gentle and peaceful” nature undoubtedly contributed to the suffering he experienced.
Western District Judge Michael Telesca said the same fragile mental state that made Freddie Peacock ill-equipped to fight the rape allegations against him when they were first brought in the mid-1970s also made it particularly difficult for him to serve time as a reputed sex offender in a maximum-security state prison.
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