ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A jury in the case of "Buffalo Five" member Darryl Boyd, who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1976, has awarded his estate $80M.

If the verdict is not appealed by Erie County, it will be the largest wrongful conviction compensation in U.S. History. The trial was held in the U.S. District Court of the Western District in Rochester.

According to attorney Ross Firsenbaum, the jury deliberated for an hour before delivering the $80M verdict for the Boyd estate.

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"We've thought for years that this is a horrible injustice, and that when you know, gathering all of the evidence that we've gathered over the last several years and presenting it to a jury that a jury would be as outraged as as we

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