After spending nearly four decades in prison, a West Park man whose convictions were overturned won't be seeking compensation from the state after all.
The petition of seeking $1.9 million compensation for the 38 years he spent in state prison following his conviction in a 1969 rape and robbery in North Miami has been withdrawn by fifty seven year old Barney Brown.
After finding that the accused man was tried twice for the same crime which led to his wrongful imprisonment he was exonerated by a Miami judge in September 2008.
After his release which was secured by his lawyers in 2008, a compensation claim was made by Mr. Brown who claimed his innocence.
Sept. 26, Brown withdrew his petition for compensation but did not give any reason and left the door open to seeking payment again. But prosecutors say the law authorizing compensation for the wrongfully incarcerated sets time limits that have already passed.