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Governor Perdue approves $500,000 payout for rape exonoree
Posted: 05.05.2009 at 5:52 PM
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Perdue signed the resolution compensating John Jerome White on Tuesday

Gov. Sonny Perdue has approved a $500,000 payout for a Georgia man who spent almost three decades in prison before DNA tests cleared him of rape.

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