A man who was wrongfully imprisoned for 21 years for the rape and killing of a mother of four has been awarded $6 million from the state of Connecticut.

The state claims commissioner issued the award to 44-year-old Kenneth Ireland under Connecticut’s wrongful incarceration compensation law, saying in a report that “no words or dollar amount will suffice to give him back the time that he lost and the misery that he endured.”

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