Ohio Agrees to $1.9M Settlement in Huber Heights Wrongful Conviction

[DGUtley]

State Agrees to $1.9M Settlement in Huber Heights Wrongful Conviction

The state of Ohio will pay $1.2 million to M. Jenny Wilcox and Robert Aldridge, former Huber Heights residents who were wrongfully convicted in 1985 of 23 child molestation charges and told it’d be 60 years before they’d be eligible for parole. Wilcox, whose last name is now Reach, will receive $726,315, while Aldridge will be paid $527,255, according to a settlement approved Monday by the Ohio Court of Claims. The state will pay another $646,430 to Cooper & Elliott, the law firm that represented the two. Wilcox and Aldridge appealed their convictions and had them overturned in March 1996 — after spending 11 years in prison. The highly sensational case fell apart after it was determined that key information was withheld at trial, testimony was coerced and the state was aware of the possibility that its child witnesses were committing perjury. Three witnesses later recanted as adults.

“Really a travesty and such an abuse of power — the whole apartment
complex was in a years long uproar because the police and prosecutors
decided something happened and did not quit until two innocent people
were in jail and children’s lives and memories were forever altered,”
Young recalled.

http://michaeljesse.net/projects/Day...-Aldridge.html





http://michaeljesse.net/projects/Day...lcoxclip1.html




What a shame.

[hanger4]

State Agrees to $1.9M Settlement in Huber Heights Wrongful Conviction

The state of Ohio will pay $1.2 million to M. Jenny Wilcox and Robert Aldridge, former Huber Heights residents who were wrongfully convicted in 1985 of 23 child molestation charges and told it’d be 60 years before they’d be eligible for parole. Wilcox, whose last name is now Reach, will receive $726,315, while Aldridge will be paid $527,255, according to a settlement approved Monday by the Ohio Court of Claims. The state will pay another $646,430 to Cooper & Elliott, the law firm that represented the two. Wilcox and Aldridge appealed their convictions and had them overturned in March 1996 — after spending 11 years in prison. The highly sensational case fell apart after it was determined that key information was withheld at trial, testimony was coerced and the state was aware of the possibility that its child witnesses were committing perjury. Three witnesses later recanted as adults.

“Really a travesty and such an abuse of power — the whole apartment
complex was in a years long uproar because the police and prosecutors
decided something happened and did not quit until two innocent people
were in jail and children’s lives and memories were forever altered,”
Young recalled.

http://michaeljesse.net/projects/Day...-Aldridge.html





http://michaeljesse.net/projects/Day...lcoxclip1.html




What a shame.

*The highly sensational case fell apart after it was determined that key information was withheld at trial, testimony was coerced*

That sounds mighty Flynnmiliar.

[Peter1469]

Sounds like they settled for a low-ball figure.

[Dr. Who]

Here is a chronology of the case - it's reminiscent of the Salem Witch Trials:

http://michaeljesse.net/projects/Day...-Aldridge.html

[DGUtley]

Sounds like they settled for a low-ball figure.

I think it is statutory. That's the claim against the State. I wonder if there's claims against the County and the officers / prosecutors yet to be brought.

[Dr. Who]

Shouldn't those who engineered this travesty of justice go to jail?

[DGUtley]

Shouldn't those who engineered this travesty of justice go to jail?

Interesting question.

[Peter1469]

Shouldn't those who engineered this travesty of justice go to jail?

It depends on whether it is determined that they were acting in their official capacity or not. If they didn't something illegal they may well be found personally liable criminally and civilly.

[Dr. Who]

It depends on whether it is determined that they were acting in their official capacity or not. If they didn't something illegal they may well be found personally liable criminally and civilly.

Suppressing exculpatory evidence, suborning perjury?

[Peter1469]

Suppressing exculpatory evidence, suborning perjury?

Yup.