granted a full pardon after spending 24 years in prison for a murder that had nothing to do with him.He was just 19 when he was sentenced for the shooting of 33-year-old George Radcliffe in 1995.Sharpe was sent away after a teenage girl, then 15, claimed she saw him do it, despite later admitting she wasn’t present.But he was released in 2019 and the pardon now means he is eligible for compensation up to $750,000 (£560,000).Speaking afterwards, he said: “My family’s name has been cleared.
It’s a burden off my shoulders and my family’s shoulders.”Here, the Daily Star takes a look at some other injustices involving innocent people who had their freedoms ruthlessly stripped away.
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