Senate agrees to pay Crotzer

The state Senate just voted 35-5 33-5 to give Alan Crotzer (left, after his 2006 release) $1.25 million as an apology for locking him up for 24 years for two rapes he did not commit.

Crotzer, flanked by his wife and two stepchildren, cried as the full Senate gave him a standing ovation moments before their vote.

"They know it was wrong and they admitted to it and they apologized for it in their own way," Crotzer said.

Read the web story here - a more complete version will be in tomorrow's paper.