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A bill has been introduced in the General Assembly to award an innocent former Richmond man $1.2 million in compensation for spending almost three decades behind bars for crimes he did not commit.

Michael Kenneth McAlister, 59, misidentified by a young woman as the man who abducted and attempted to rape her at a South Richmond apartment complex in 1986, was pardoned by Gov. Terry McAuliffe last May after the real assailant — who closely resembled McAlister in 1986 — confessed.

Del. Richard C. “Rip” Sullivan Jr., D-Fairfax, has introduced a bill that under a state formula would provide $1,268,694 in compensation to McAlister.

If approved, he would be paid an initial lump sum of $253,740 within the 60 business days of McAlister signing a release from any present or future claims he may have on the state and $1,014,954 to purchase an annuity before Oct. 1.

The real perpetrator of the attack, serial rapist Norman Bruce Derr, is serving life in prison for other attacks.

McAlister’s lawyers earlier helped him win $15,000 from the state in emergency transition funds to assist him until he wins full compensation.

McAlister said that after the General Assembly session, he plans to move to Florida to be near his children permanently.