“Drew got locked up at 18 years old and lost the chance to have the life he wanted. He said he just wants prosecutors to admit they were wrong.
‘At 46, I have no children. You took that from me, man. You fucking took that from me,’ he said through tears. ‘It cost me 25 years out of my life.’”
Days after an appeals court ruled that some people should automatically get certificates of innocence, Illinois legislators passed a bill to raise compensation for wrongful convictions.
