Introduced
by
To authorize payment by the state of civil damages to a person wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he or she did not commit. The damages would be at least $50,000 (tax free) for each year of wrongful imprisonment (adjusted for inflation), plus 10-years of free state employee health coverage, economic damages (loss of wages, etc.), compensation for reintegrative services and for reasonable legal expenses.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
