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Bill aims to ease compensation process for people wrongly convicted in Washington
Summary
SB 5,520 would clarify definitions and filing requirements for state compensation to people wrongly convicted, extend filing deadlines, eliminate a waiver requirement, and allow monetary advances; advocates and exonerees said it fixes barriers that currently delay access to compensation.
Senate Bill 5,520 would modify Washington’s wrongful-conviction compensation statute to clarify definitions, ease procedural barriers and extend filing deadlines for people who have been proved innocent.
Committee staff summarized key changes: an updated definition of "actually innocent" based on a preponderance of the evidence, a new definition of "significant new exculpatory information" that…
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