Old story, but I hadn't heard of it, yet. >Steven Phillips spent 24 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. When he was released in 2008, he received $6 million in compensation. Then, his ex-wife, who divorced him while he was in prison, sued to get part of the compensation. She did not receive a penny. https://web.archive.org/web/20240211071227/https://vocal.media/criminal/steven-phillips-was-wrongfully-convicted-for-24-years-ex-wife-wanted-a-share-of-compensation >Steven Phillips was granted parole in 2007 more than two decades after being imprisoned for a number of Texas sex crimes he didn't commit. > A year after he was released on parole, DNA testing proved his innocence, leading to his exoneration. Another man, who is accused of committing at least 16 different sexual crimes and related offenses while Phillips was in prison, was implicated in the DNA testing that cleared Phillips. ... Steven's ex-wife comes for his money > His ex-wife, Traci Tucker, argued that she was entitled to a portion of that money. The two were locked in a legal battle that her lawyers said was the first of its kind in the nation. > Tucker said that the money was for lost wages, but Phillips said in his appeal that it wasn't. And, he said, because he couldn't get paid until long after the divorce, the money he got shouldn't be split up according to state laws on community property. > Phillips said he was grateful for Tucker's help during his trials, but he said she rarely came to see him in prison. "It's crazy as hell to try to get money for the years I spent in jail," he said.