(Missoula) In the first and last test of a Montana law providing compensation to those wrongly convicted of a crime, a Missoula jury on Tuesday, May 21st rejected an attempt by Cody Marble to claim a $750,000 judgment — despite his exoneration seven years ago on a rape conviction.
The state district court jury, after five-plus hours of deliberation following a seven-day trial, said Marble did not prove his innocence in the 22-year-old rape case, and therefore isn’t entitled to the money, reports the Montana Free Press.
Marble was convicted in late 2002 of raping a fellow inmate in the Missoula County Juvenile Detention Center earlier that year and was then exonerated of that charge in 2017.
