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William Dillon and Eric Brody shook hands before a Senate hearing today. The two are the two most famous people seeking cash from the state. Dillon spent 27 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Brody had his future taken from him 13 years ago when a Broward Sheriff’s Deputy crashed into him. Brody is seeking 15 million from the state, which is half of what a jury awarded, and Dillon wants fifty thousand for each year he was in prison. A special master found most evidence used against Dillon was fabricated.

“For me it was the prosecutors not really looking into the justice in the sense of the actual truth of the evidence,” Dillon said. “And the detectives were basically just creating evidence. Anything that they thought would be favorable to the state.”

Reporter: Which was later discredited.

“All of it,” he said.

Both claims have the backing of the Senate President and will likely clear the Senate in the first week. The state house has so far resisted paying the claims.