Overview

• Louis Wright, wrongfully convicted of sexual assault in 1988, has been awarded $1.75 million by the state of Michigan after spending 35 years in prison.
• Wright was released in November after DNA tests ruled him out as the perpetrator.
• Wright refused to take a sex offender therapy class, a key condition for parole, insisting on his innocence and remained in prison until DNA cleared him.
• Wright's attorney, Wolf Mueller, has also filed a lawsuit against the police seeking more than $100 million, claiming Wright's rights were violated during the 1988 investigation.
• Wright plans to use some of the compensation money for a house and a vehicle for his sister.