Wrongfully Convicted Man Awaits Compensation

Robert McClendon was freed from prison in August after serving 18 years for a rape he did not commit, but he still hasn't been paid by the state for losing a third of his life.

McClendon, who was paid $18 a month at his prison recreation job, is expected to receive more than $1 million for his wrongful conviction.

During the past 10 months he has had to borrow money from family and friends while he waits for his attorney and the Ohio attorney general's office to reach a settlement in his compensation case.

"I've tried not to base my life on receiving that money, but I have family and obligations like everyone else," said the 53-year-old Columbus man. "I am surprised it has taken this long."

Read more: The Columbus Dispatch : Ex-inmate yet to see settlement

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