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Attorney general, innocence groups and exonerees back administrative compensation pathway for wrongful convictions
Summary
The attorney general's office and innocence organizations supported a bill creating an administrative, non‑adversarial compensation process for people exonerated of crimes, arguing it would be faster, fairer and less costly than current litigation-based claims capped at $1,000,000.
The Joint Committee on the Judiciary heard support for legislation (H 19 65 / S 11 32) that would create an administrative claims process for victims of wrongful conviction. Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s office and innocence advocacy groups told the committee the current litigation-based system is slow, adversarial and often yields settlement outcomes that are much reduced by attorney fees and costs. Under the proposed bill, the attorney general would…
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