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House passes bill establishing non‑DNA exoneration process and compensation
Utah House of Representatives · February 6, 2008
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Summary
Senate Bill 16 creates a statutory mechanism to exonerate people wrongfully imprisoned based on factual innocence (not limited to DNA evidence) and provides compensation; sponsor recounted an interim hearing with a man wrongfully convicted to illustrate the need.
The Utah House adopted Senate Bill 16 on Feb. 6, establishing a process to exonerate persons wrongfully imprisoned on the basis of factual innocence and to provide compensation for victims of wrongful conviction.
Representative Agard, the House sponsor, said the measure fills a gap left by earlier statutes…
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