David Eastman awarded $7m for 19 years of wrongful imprisonment

Former public servant sued ACT government after spending almost two decades in jail for a murder he was later found not to have committed

A man who sued the ACT government for wrongful imprisonment will be awarded more than $7m in compensation after spending almost two decades in jail for a murder he was later found not guilty of committing.

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