A Las Vegas man who was wrongfully convicted in a 1994 murder and freed from prison in 2017 after 22 years behind bars has been granted a certificate of his innocence and approved for $2.25 million in damages.
The Nevada Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday says DeMarlo Berry is the first person to receive a certificate of innocence and compensation for wrongful imprisonment under a state law passed last year.
Berry’s conviction was dismissed after a Las Vegas man already serving a life sentence for a separate murder confessed to the crime and a jailhouse informant recanted his trial testimony.
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