Man who spent 25 years behind bars for crime he didn't commit faces losing $4 million compensation t [View all]

A man who spent 25 years in prison for a crime he did not commit faces losing his $4m compensation to his ex-wife.

Steven Phillips faces a court battle to keep hold of the money he was awarded for his wrongful conviction.

He was released from a life sentence for rape in 2008 after DNA proved he could not have been the attacker.

But now his ex-wife Traci Tucker, who divorced him three years into his life sentence, has taken him to court in a bid to get a share of the $4m compensation.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074283/Steven-Phillips-Innocent-man-spent-25-years-jail-lose-4m-compensation-ex-wife.html#ixzz1gcHa0HWh

As long as she serves 12.5 years in prison, she can share, in my opinion.