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Panel approves resolution to compensate Cedric Moore for 23-year wrongful conviction (HR 130)
Summary
The Appropriations Committee approved a resolution to compensate Cedric Moore approximately $1.6 million after he was exonerated by modern DNA testing following 23 years of incarceration.
Representative Robert Crawford presented a resolution asking the General Assembly to compensate Cedric Moore for wrongful imprisonment after his conviction was overturned following modern DNA testing.
Crawford said Moore was wrongfully accused and spent 23 years in jail for a crime the court later found he did not commit. "Mr. Moore was wrongfully accused of a [sexual] assault and he spent 23 years in jail for a…
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