Dupree Glass and Juan Rayford were declared innocent and will each receive $140 for every day they spent behind bars
Two men who served nearly 17 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of attempted murder were declared innocent Thursday by ajudge. Under a new law, the state is required to pay them each $140 for every day they spent behind bars, or about $900,000.
“I thought about this day for so long. I thought about it when I was locked up for 17 years. I thought about it for my last two years being free. I waited for this day because, you know, I knew I was innocent of every crime they said I committed,” he said. Juan Rayford, back to camera, and Dupree Glass, back center, hug attorneys Eric Dubin, left, and Annee Della Donna after a judge ruled the two men were wrongfully convicted.Both defendants were convicted of 11 counts of attempted murder and sentenced to 11 consecutive life sentences.
The convictions of Glass and Rayford relied heavily on the testimony of just two witnesses who later recanted their stories. During a five-year investigation, defense investigators found multiple other witnesses who said, “Oh no, they weren’t the shooters, they never had a gun,” Della Donna said. Glass, 36, and Rayford, 37, now both work as drivers for Walmart. Rayford is with his high school sweetheart, who waited for him while he was in prison. Both men are new fathers to baby girls.
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