LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada man who was exonerated after spending more than two decades in prison for a 1992 murder that he didn't commit has been awarded a $1.35 million settlement and a certificate of innocence from the state.
Fred Steese, now 57, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal outside court on Monday he's relieved he won't have to worry about how he'll pay rent or afford food.
Steese said he plans to celebrate three years of sobriety, help inmate support programs such as the Innocence Project and Hope for Prisoners, and take advantage of a financial literacy program.