Ex-inmate struggles to cash in on wrongful conviction

Sunday, March 18, 2012

McKINNEY, Texas -- Billy Frederick Allen spent more than 25 years in prison before an appeals court overturned his convictions in two murders. Three years after winning his freedom, Allen is fighting the state again -- this time for the money he says he's owed for wrongful imprisonment.

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