Committee increases wrongful‑conviction compensation cap to 15 years, reports bill as amended
Senate Bill 125 would raise the compensation cap under the state's wrongful‑conviction compensation statute from 10 to 15 years of the statutory benefit (estimated ~$40,000 per year); committee adopted an amendment clarifying effective dates and reported the bill favorable.
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Senate Bill 125, sponsored by Senator Boudreau and carried in committee, would raise the maximum wrongful‑conviction compensation cap for qualifying innocent people who were wrongly incarcerated from the current 10 years to 15 years of the statutory annual compensation amount.
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