A Black man with intellectual disabilities who was abused and enslaved by his white restaurant manager is now entitled to over half a million dollars in restitution, a court in South Carolina, United States has ruled.
John Christopher Smith will be receiving exactly $546,000 (around P26.2 million) from former manager Bobby Paul Edwards, as per The Post and Courieron April 28.
Edwards was initially supposed to pay Smith $273,000 back in 2019 after pleading guilty to a forced labor charge, but the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last month that he should get twice the amount.
The new ruling came after federal prosecutors argued that Smith deserved more in restitution becaus…
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