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House Appropriations Committee approves compensation resolutions for four exonerees
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee voted to approve four House resolutions offering compensation to people later exonerated after convictions tied to flawed investigations and testimony; the resolutions were passed by voice vote and sponsors recounted details of the cases during the meeting.
The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved four resolutions to compensate people who were later exonerated, committee members said during a brief meeting.
Representative Stacy Evans, the sponsor for two of the measures, said HR 119 would compensate Mario Stinchcomb, "the first exoneration by the Fulton Conviction Integrity Unit," and that "he shot in self defense." Evans said Stinchcomb spent 18 years in prison before his exoneration and asked the committee to grant compensation under the resolution.
The committee also advanced HR 118 to compensate Michael Wolfolk, who Evans said was a co-defendant in the same incident as Stinchcomb and was…
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