I'm happy for this man and his family. I hope he can find peace in this.

The Virginia legislature has agreed to pay $1.5 million in compensation to a man who served 23 years in prison for a sexual abuse crime that the state now says he did not commit, officials said.

Michael Haas, convicted of sexual abuse in 1994, was freed in 2017 after his sons, whose initial testimony resulted in the conviction, later recanted their statements. The sons, who are now adults, claimed they were influenced by a sexual abuse counselor, according to WAVY.