Justices: Nebraska county owes $28M for wrongful convictions

Justices: Nebraska county owes $28M for wrongful convictions

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a rural Nebraska county’s appeal of a $28 million court judgment aimed at compensating six people wrongfully convicted of a 1985 slaying. The justices turned away Gage County’s last-ditch effort to avoid the hefty judgment, after a federal appeals court in St.