A man jailed for armed robbery in 1999 is seeking nearly $1million in compensation after police found his criminal lookalike.
Metro UK reports that Richard Jones, from Kansas City, was released last year after a judge called into question his original conviction.
Interestingly, other inmates repeatedly told him he looked like a criminal named Ricky Amos while he was in jail.
It later turned out there was no DNA or fingerprint evidence linking Jones to the crime.
His lawyer, Richard Ainsworth, is hoping that he will get a certificate of innocence and be compensated so he could finally move on with his life.
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