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Appropriations committee approves $1.6 million resolution to compensate Cedric Moore for wrongful conviction
Summary
The committee approved House Resolution 130 to compensate Cedric Moore $1,600,000 for a wrongful conviction that resulted in about 23 years of incarceration; the committee discussed case facts, DNA-based exoneration and how the award amount was calculated.
The House Appropriations Committee voted to approve House Resolution 130, which recommends compensating Cedric Moore $1,600,000 for wrongful conviction and incarceration, after Representative Crawford presented details about the case.
Crawford told the committee that Moore was wrongfully convicted for a sexual assault and served about 23 years in prison for a crime that DNA evidence and additional review later showed he did not commit. "What I learned was that Mr. Moore was wrongfully accused of the [sexual] assault. And that he spent…
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