美国男子因酷似劫匪无辜坐牢17年 获赔110万美元（英语双语阅读）

A man who spent 17 years in prison for crimes committed by a lookalike has been awarded a $1.1 million settlement by the state of Kansas. 因长相酷似罪犯而误判入狱服刑17年的一名男子，近日获得了美国堪萨斯州提供的110万美元的赔偿。 Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced last Wednesday that he had agreed to a resolution with Richard Jones, who was imprisoned in 2000 for an aggravated robbery he did not commit. 堪萨斯州司法部长德里克·施密特上周三宣布，2000年因恶意抢劫入狱的理查德·琼斯并没有犯罪。 Jones was convicted of trying to steal a purse in the parking lot of a WalMart in Roeland Park, Kansas. 当年，琼斯因被指控试图在堪萨斯州罗兰德公园的沃尔玛停车场偷盗钱包。 There was no physical evidence, DNA or fingerprints that linked him to the crime, and he had an alibi -- he was at his girlfriend's home in Kansas City. 当时并没有物证、DNA或指纹能证明他与该案件有关，并且他还有不在场证明--因为当时他在女友位于堪萨斯城的家中。

But, two eyewitnesses misidentified him, telling police that either a light-skinned Hispanic or African-American man committed the crime and picking him out of six mugshots. 但是两名目击者认错了他，他们对警方表示，犯罪分子可能是浅肤色的西班牙裔或者非洲裔男子，并在六张脸部照片中指认出了琼斯。 He was released last year after the Midwest Innocence Project and the University of Kansas School of Law helped uncover the wrongful conviction. 在中西部无罪项目和堪萨斯大学法学院帮助揭发错误判决之后，琼斯于去年被无罪释放。 A judge ordered him released after witnesses, including the robbery victim, could not tell him and another inmate in the system, Ricky Amos, apart. 据悉，在抢劫案受害者和目击者都无法将琼斯和监狱里的另一名囚犯瑞奇·阿莫斯区分开来之后，一位法官下令释放了他。 Amos and Jones are close in age, have similar skin tone, the same facial hair and cornrows. 阿莫斯和琼斯年龄相仿，肤色相似，面部毛发和头发也相同。 "I hoped and prayed every day for this day to come, and when it finally got here it was an overwhelming feeling," Jones told ABC News last year. 琼斯去年在接受美国广播公司采访时表示：“我每天都在盼望和祈祷这一天的到来，当它终于到来的时候，有一种如释重负的感觉。”