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Senate advances corrections reforms: wrongful conviction compensation and independent oversight approved
Summary
The Arizona Senate passed measures to compensate people wrongfully convicted and to create an independent corrections oversight office intended to investigate deaths and misconduct in state prisons. Supporters described harrowing constituent stories and urged transparency; some members pledged post-enactment monitoring.
The Arizona Senate on June 27 approved legislation to compensate people wrongly convicted and to create an independent corrections oversight office intended to increase transparency and investigate deaths and other serious incidents in state prisons.
Senate Bill 1500, a measure providing compensation for erroneous convictions, and Senate Bill 1507, to establish…
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