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The fam­i­ly of Diego Mar­tin man Ak­ili Charles will re­ceive just over $1 mil­lion in com­pen­sa­tion fol­low­ing a land­mark le­gal chal­lenge that al­lowed bail to be con­sid­ered for mur­der charges.

Charles, who was mur­dered days af­ter his con­sti­tu­tion­al vic­to­ry near­ly four years ago, suc­cess­ful­ly chal­lenged a blan­ket pro­hi­bi­tion pre­vent­ing judges from grant­i­ng bail to those ac­cused of mur­der.

The Court of Ap­peal and the Privy Coun­cil up­held his case in 2022.