Committee backs bill to require notice and streamline compensation process for wrongfully convicted
The committee voted to pass SB 169 with amendments that add notice requirements when convictions are vacated or reversed and provide a mechanism for interim payments and other procedural changes; the Attorney General raised statutory and constitutional concerns, while defenders and innocence advocates urged expedited relief for exonerated people.
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The Senate Committee on Judiciary voted to pass SB 169 with amendments designed to notify eligible persons when convictions are reversed or vacated and to clarify procedures for compensation claims under Hawaii’s wrongful-conviction law.
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