Compensating people who are wrongfully convicted is a hard sell in some states
Several states are considering moves to change how they compensate people incarcerated after wrongful convictions. Georgia is ...
Federal Jury Awards Landmark Verdict to Two Wrongfully Convicted Men
The federal jury awarded each man $60 million in damages after a monthlong trial and determined the men were coerced into ...
Georgia Among States With No Laws To Compensate Wrongfully Convicted Persons
Georgia is one of 12 states without a law to compensate wrongfully convicted individuals, and those most affected are pushing ...
Jury Awards $120 Million to Illinois Men Wrongfully Convicted of Murder
John Fulton and Anthony Mitchell were teenagers when they were coerced into giving false confessions in a 2003 murder in ...
US Determined There Are 9 Wrongfully Detained Americans in Venezuela
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday determined that there are nine wrongfully detained ...
KY bill would have allowed compensation for wrongfully convicted. It failed a third time.
A bill that would have established a structure to compensate Kentuckians who are wrongfully convicted of a crime failed to pass in the legislature for a third time. House Bill 206, introduced by ...
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Compensating people who are wrongfully convicted is a hard sell in some states
It was his second attempt to obtain compensation. Georgia is one of 11 states with no law on compensating people found to have been wrongfully convicted. Individuals seeking compensation take ...
Florida bill could bring compensation to more wrongfully imprisoned individuals
Florida could be poised to erase a provision in state law which keeps dozens of people from qualifying for compensation after ...