[UAH] Innocent man jailed 24 years, and his ex-wife wants cut of his payout

http://now.msn.com/steven-phillips-exonerated-man-is-target-of-lawsuit-from-ex-wife

 

 

 

This one isn't going to do much for the reputation of ex-wives. Many folks might argue that Steven Phillips deserves any break he can get: Convicted of a number of sex crimes in the '80s, Phillips was exonerated by the courts after spending 24 years in prison when DNA implicated another man. He was provided with a "compensation package" totaling around $6 million for those two and a half decades — and the woman who divorced him while he was in jail, Traci Tucker, wants a cut. Last year a judge awarded her $150,000, and now Phillips is appealing that decision: "To make a claim on those years I spent in prison is really freaking outrageous," he says. [Source]