'I feel vindicated': Member of 'Buffalo Five' awarded $28M by jury after wrongful conviction
09-04-2025 02:21 via wivb.com

'I feel vindicated': Member of 'Buffalo Five' awarded $28M by jury after wrongful conviction

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- John Walker, a member of the "Buffalo Five," was awarded $28 million on Tuesday by a jury in Rochester after being wrongfully convicted of a murder in 1976 and spending 21 years in prison.In an interview with WIVB News 4, Walker said he feels "vindicated," spoke about having a sense of closure and his plans moving forward."I do feel a sense of victory," he said. "I feel like there's nothing else I have to fight no more, I don't have to prove nothing to nobody else no more
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