Maryland Panel Approves $2.9 Million Compensation for Wrongfully Convicted Man Who Spent 32 Years Behind Bars

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (C) talks to Treasurer Dereck Davis during a meeting of the Board of Public Works, which approved $2.9 million in compensation for John Huffington, in Annapolis, Md., on July 5, 2023. Brian Witte/AP Photo

ANNAPOLIS, Md.—A Maryland board approved $2.9 million in compensation Wednesday for a man who was wrongly imprisoned for 32 years, including a decade on death row, for two murders he did not commit.

John Huffington was pardoned by former Gov. Larry Hogan in January. The former governor cited prosecutorial misconduct in granting a full innocence pardon for Mr. Huffington in connection with a 1981 double slaying in Harford County.