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Committee advances bill to create administrative process and fixed awards for wrongful convictions
Summary
Committee passed HB 533 to establish a state administrative process for compensation of people exonerated for crimes they did not commit, setting $75,000 per year incarcerated plus $25,000 for death-penalty cases and routing payments through the judiciary budget.
Representatives Dempsey and Holcomb presented House Bill 533, the "Wrongful Conviction Compensation Act," to create a uniform statutory process to compensate people exonerated of crimes. The bill would create a filing process, require a claimant to prove innocence (preponderance of evidence), place hearings before the Office of State Administrative Hearings, and send approved compensation requests to the chief justice for budgeting and appropriation. (Representative Dempsey; Representative…
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