Ohio Agrees To Pay Nearly $2 Million In Wrongful Conviction Settlement

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The state of Ohio will pay out nearly $2 million to settle with a man and woman who were wrongly convicted of child sexual abuse and spent years in prison.
The Ohio Court of Claims approved payments to Robert Aldridge and M. Jenny Reach, formerly M. Jenny Wilcox, of $527,255 and $726,315, respectively, the Dayton Daily News reported. The law firm that represented the two, Cooper & Elliott, will receive $646,430.
Reach and Aldridge, formerly of the Dayton suburb of H