text: Two brothers exonerated after being sentenced to death for a 1975 slaying have been awarded more than $1.6 million in compensation from the state of Ohio for decades of wrongful imprisonment. The Ohio Court of Claims on Friday granted the money to Wiley Bridgeman, 60, and Kwame Ajamu, 57, and the brothers' attorneys said compensation for lost wages has yet to be determined and awarded. Bridgeman, Ajamu, and Ricky Jackson, now 59, were sent to death row after aggravated murder convictions in the slaying of Cleveland money order salesman Harry Franks. Scroll down for video . Wiley Bridgeman, 60 (left) and Kwame Ajamu, 57 (right) were awarded a collective $1.6million from an Ohio court on Friday after spending decades in prison for wrongful murder convictions (file photo, Nov. 2014) The brothers served a collective 66 years in prison for the murder of Cleveland businessman Harry Franks in 1975. Above, they celebrate after Bridgeman was exonerated in November 2014 . Last year, the three men were exonerated after the case against them fell apart when the prosecution's key witness Edward Vernon — a 12-year-old boy at the time of the killing— recanted his testimony as an adult and said he never witnessed the crime. Jackson, 58, was awarded more than $1million in compensation in March. Terry Gilbert and David Mills, attorneys for Bridgeman and Ajamu, said Friday the amount in lost wages will be determined through negotiations. Mills said Ohio law allows wrongfully imprisoned individuals to be paid about $51,000 for each year of incarceration. The $1.6 million includes calculated damages amounting to about $969,000 for Bridgeman and $647,000 for Ajamu, according to the court. Previous inmates exonerated after periods in prison have received up to $1million for each year spent incarcerated. An Illinois man who spent nearly 20 years in jail after being wrongly imprisoned for rape and murder received a $20million settlement in March, setting a new national record. Gilbert said no amount of money could really compensate the two men for the time that was taken from them. Bridgeman, Ajamu and Jackson were convicted after a 12-year-old said that he saw how businessman Harry Franks was murdered . Ricky Jackson, was the longest serving person ever exonerated after his 1975 (left) conviction. He was released last year (right) after the prosecution's star witness recanted his testimony . Ajamu was only 17-years-old when he was given the death penalty. Ajamu, Bridgeman and Jackson had walked past the scene where Franks was shot and asked what happened, soon becoming prime suspects in the murder. No physical evidence linked them to the crime, which included an acid attack. In 2013 Vernon said that police had fed him details about the case, Cleveland.com reported. Late last year the inmates became emotional after being told that they had been exonerated and the court would not make any objections to their innocence. All three's death sentences, which were given when Bridgeman was 20 and Jackson was 18, had been commuted to life in prison after the Supreme Court outlawed capital punishment in 1978. Jackson, holding his first cell phone, received more than $1million last month after being released. The trio of wrongfully convicted men said that they have missed out on important parts of life such as having children . 'They deserve a lot more, but the state has limits on what they pay,' Gilbert said. 'But obviously they are grateful to have some resources to start their lives again.' Ajamu, known in 1975 as Ronnie Bridgeman, was released in 2003 after 27 years in prison and exonerated in December. He took his new name after leaving prison and has married. His brother Wiley Bridgeman and Jackson were released in November after nearly 40 years behind bars. The Ohio Innocence Project says that Jackson was the longest-serving person in US history to be exonerated at the time of his release. After they were exonerated, the trio said that they had missed out on much of life, such as having children. Dan Tierney, a spokesman for Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, was reached after office hours Friday. He said attorneys with DeWine's office would review the ruling Monday. The case against the three men first attracted scrutiny after a piece in Cleveland Scene cast doubt on Vernon's testimony.
target: Wiley Bridgeman, 60, and Kwame Ajamu, 57, sentenced for 1975 killing .
  Key witness, 12-year-old boy, later recanted his testimony last year .
  Ajamu spent 27 years in prison, Bridgeman spent almost 40 behind bars .
  Third inmate, Ricky Jackson, received $1million in March .
  Ajamu and Bridgeman, who are brothers, received death sentences at age 17 and 20, respectively .