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Judiciary committee hears split over $5.9 million Streeter award as AG urges remand of two claims
Summary
The Judiciary Committee questioned claims commissioner Robert Shea about his use of pardon hearing testimony to find "grounds consistent with innocence" in high-dollar wrongful-incarceration awards. The attorney general urged remand of two awards, saying pardons alone do not meet the statutory standard.
Claims commissioner Robert Shea and the attorney general—lashed publicly on Feb. 27 over whether pardons and silence from the Board of Pardons and Paroles are sufficient to satisfy Connecticut—s wrongful-incarceration statute.
Shea told the Judiciary Committee he reviewed pardon hearings, habeas rulings and other records before finding two claimants eligible for compensation and awarding an approximately $5.9 million payout in the Streeter matter. "I reviewed the record," Shea said, describing his process for determining whether a pardon could be considered "grounds consistent with innocence." (Robert Shea)
Deputy Attorney General Eileen Meskel told the committee the Office of the Attorney General objected to the two decisions now before the legislature (referred to in testimony as senate joint resolutions 7 and 8).…
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