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Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Jun 16, 2016

Rep. Mark Pody, R-Lebanon, and Sen. Mae Beavers, R-Mt. Juliet, are demanding that the state pay a 60-year-old man who spent 31 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. Under state law, people who are wrongfully imprisoned in Tennessee can be compensated up to $1 million. But the man cannot be paid until Gov. Bill Haslam officially exonerates him, the Associated Press reports