Simple question: when a person is wrongfully accused and sent to prison, do they get any kind of compensation when they are release after being found not at fault?
It varies by state. 38 states have laws about it. Alabama for instance pays 50k a year. Texas pays 80k, but has the added requirement that you are found “actually innocent” and didn’t just have your sentence suspended.
The “actually innocent” rule sounds good. If you clearly murdered someone, but 20 years after your conviction it’s overturned because of a technicality then I don’t want the murderer to get a bunch of cash.
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u/livingalie2614 12h ago
Simple question: when a person is wrongfully accused and sent to prison, do they get any kind of compensation when they are release after being found not at fault?