The state has been ordered to pay out roughly $200,000 for a wrongful conviction claim stemming from the alleged sexual assault of a 6-year-old girl in late 2012.
Robert Hutchison, acting chief deputy attorney general, notified the State Finance Council on Tuesday of the judgment lodged against the state after prosecutors failed to convict Anthony Bowers of charges against him in the sex abuse case.
A Shawnee County judge ordered the state to pay Bowers $182,650 for the nearly three years he spent in prison on a rape charge for which he was acquitted and about . . .
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