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Committee approves $1.6 million compensation resolution for man exonerated after 23 years
Summary
The Appropriations Committee voted to pass House Resolution 130, recommending $1,600,000 in compensation for Cedric Moore, who was exonerated by new DNA testing after serving about 23 years for a sexual assault he was later found not to have committed.
Representative Crawford presented House Resolution 130 on behalf of Cedric Moore, saying Moore was wrongfully accused and spent about 23 years incarcerated for a crime that later DNA testing showed he did not commit. "Mr. Moore was wrongfully accused... and he spent 23 years in jail for a crime that he never committed," Crawford told the committee.
Crawford described the facts the sponsor said he had reviewed: at the time of the 1993 case, the victim…
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